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3.

Answer:

1. Yes, s 281(3).
2. No.
3. No.

2. Costs of the trial of separate questions reserved.
3. Stand over further hearing of petitions to Thursday, 20 February 2014 at 12 noon in Melbourne.

Representation

J T Gleeson SC, Solicitor-General of the Commonwealth and A S Bell SC with P Kulevski for the petitioner in C17/2013, for the eighth respondent in P55/2013 and for the ninth respondent in P56/2013 (instructed by Australian Government Solicitor)

S P Donaghue SC with D W Bennett for the first, third and fourth respondents in each matter (instructed by Colquhoun Murphy)

A D Lang with E M Heenan for the second and eighth respondents in C17/2013, for the second and seventh respondents in P55/2013 and for the petitioner and the second and eighth respondents in P56/2013 (instructed by Slater & Gordon Lawyers)

J A Thomson SC with D B Shaw for the fifth respondent in each matter (instructed by DLA Piper)

R Merkel QC with F I Gordon for the sixth respondent in each matter (instructed by MDC Legal)

K A Barlow QC with T O Prince for the petitioner in P55/2013 and for the seventh respondent in C17/2013 and P56/2013 (instructed by Hopgood Ganim Lawyers)

Notice: This copy of the Court's Reasons for Judgment is subject to formal revision prior to publication in the Commonwealth Law Reports.