Maloney v The Queen

HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIAFRENCH CJ,HAYNE, CRENNAN, KIEFEL, BELL AND GAGELER JJJOAN MONICA MALONEY  APPELLANTANDTHE QUEEN  RESPONDENTMaloney v The Queen[2013] HCA 2819 June 2013B57/2012ORDERAppeal dismissed.On appeal from the Supreme Court of QueenslandRepresentationC A Ronalds SC and J K Kirk SC with S E Pritchard SC and A L McAvoy for the appellant (instructed by Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Legal Service (Qld))W Sofronoff QC, Solicitor-General of the State of Queensland with S A McLeod and A D Scott for the respondent (instructed by Crown Solicitor (Qld))IntervenersJ T Gleeson SC, Acting Solicitor-General of the Commonwealth with C L Lenehan and F T Roughley for the Attorney-General of the Commonwealth, intervening (instructed by Australian Government Solicitor)M G Hinton QC, Solicitor-General for the State of South Australia with M J Wait for the Attorney-General for the State of South Australia, intervening (instructed by Crown Solicitor (SA))G R Donaldson SC, Solicitor-General for the State of Western Australia with C S Bydder for the Attorney-General for the State of Western Australia, intervening (instructed by State Solicitor (WA))K L Eastman SC for the Australian Human Rights Commission, intervening (instructed by Australian Human Rights Commission)M J Richards with S M Fitzgerald for the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples Limited, appearing as amicus curiae (instructed by Human Rights Law Resource Centre Ltd)Notice:  This copy of the Court's Reasons for Judgment is subject to formal revision prior to publication in the Commonwealth Law Reports.CATCHWORDSMaloney v The QueenDiscrimination law – Racial discrimination – Certain geographical areas on Palm Island subject...