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Crennan J

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plaintiffs' proprietary rights as chattel owners to place whatever they wish on their cigarette packets and cigarettes.

The plaintiffs' property

Reflecting the longstanding liberal approach to the construction of s 51(xxxi)[1], "a very great constitutional safeguard"[2], "every species of valuable right and interest"[3] including choses in action[4], "innominate and


  1. Minister of State for the Army v Dalziel ("Dalziel") (1944) 68 CLR 261 at 276 per Latham CJ, 284–285 per Rich J; [1944] HCA 4; Banking Case (1948) 76 CLR 1 at 349–350 per Dixon J; Attorney-General (Cth) v Schmidt (1961) 105 CLR 361 at 370–372 per Dixon CJ; [1961] HCA 21; Clunies-Ross v The Commonwealth (1984) 155 CLR 193 at 201–202 per Gibbs CJ, Mason, Wilson, Brennan, Deane and Dawson JJ; [1984] HCA 65; Australian Tape Manufacturers Association Ltd v The Commonwealth (1993) 176 CLR 480 at 509 per Mason CJ, Brennan, Deane and Gaudron JJ; [1993] HCA 10; Mutual Pools & Staff Pty Ltd v The Commonwealth (1994) 179 CLR 155 at 172–173 per Mason CJ, 184–185 per Deane and Gaudron JJ, 200 per Dawson and Toohey JJ; [1994] HCA 9; Georgiadis v Australian and Overseas Telecommunications Corporation (1994) 179 CLR 297 at 303–304 per Mason CJ, Deane and Gaudron JJ, 312 per Brennan J, 320 per Toohey J; [1994] HCA 6; The Commonwealth v WMC Resources Ltd (1998) 194 CLR 1 at 49 [128] per McHugh J; [1998] HCA 8; Telstra Corporation Ltd v The Commonwealth (2008) 234 CLR 210 at 230 [43]; [2008] HCA 7; Wurridjal v The Commonwealth (2009) 237 CLR 309 at 360 [89] per French CJ; [2009] HCA 2.
  2. Trade Practices Commission v Tooth & Co Ltd (1979) 142 CLR 397 at 403 per Barwick CJ; [1979] HCA 47.
  3. Dalziel (1944) 68 CLR 261 at 290 per Starke J; Banking Case (1948) 76 CLR 1 at 299 per Starke J; Australian Tape Manufacturers Association Ltd v The Commonwealth (1993) 176 CLR 480 at 509 per Mason CJ, Brennan, Deane and Gaudron JJ; Mutual Pools & Staff Pty Ltd v The Commonwealth (1994) 179 CLR 155 at 184 per Deane and Gaudron JJ; Georgiadis v Australian and Overseas Telecommunications Corporation (1994) 179 CLR 297 at 303 per Mason CJ, Deane and Gaudron JJ; Victoria v The Commonwealth (Industrial Relations Act Case) (1996) 187 CLR 416 at 559 per Brennan CJ, Toohey, Gaudron, McHugh and Gummow JJ; [1996] HCA 56; Telstra Corporation Ltd v The Commonwealth (2008) 234 CLR 210 at 232 [49].
  4. Dalziel (1944) 68 CLR 261 at 290 per Starke J; Banking Case (1948) 76 CLR 1 at 349 per Dixon J; Australian Tape Manufacturers Association Ltd v The Commonwealth (1993) 176 CLR 480 at 509 per Mason CJ, Brennan, Deane and Gaudron JJ; Mutual Pools & Staff Pty Ltd v The Commonwealth (1994) 179 CLR 155 at 172 per Mason CJ, 184 per Deane and Gaudron JJ, 194 per Dawson and Toohey JJ, 222 per McHugh J; Georgiadis v Australian and Overseas
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