His Honour Dixon J Observed in Ex Parte McLean (1930)

question 50

Multiple Choice

His Honour Dixon J observed in Ex parte McLean (1930) 43 CLR 472 at 483:

• A)the mere fact of the coexistence of a Federal and State law concerning the same matter is enough to constitute inconsistency.
• B)the intention of the legislature is irrelevant when resolving a dispute between coexistent laws of Federal and State parliaments.
• C)even if a federal law is intended to be supplementary to a state law, there will still be inconsistency where the laws govern the same matter.
• D)when a federal law declares its intention to exclusively govern a particular matter it is inconsistent for a law of a State to govern the same matter.

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Definitions:

Elastic

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Cartel's Product

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Price-leadership Model

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Dominant Firm

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