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    • 1. Aged Care
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      • A. Bankruptcy & Insolvency
      • b. Contract
      • c. Competition & Consumer
      • d. Corporations & Associations
      • e. Transactions
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      • a. Bail
      • b. Corrections Management
      • c. New Crimes / Infringements
      • d. Sentencing
      • e. Serious & Sex Offenders
      • f. Visitation
      • g. Enforcement
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      • a. Customs
      • b. Retail Trade
      • c. Gambling & Casinos
    • 5. Defence
    • 6. Emergencies
    • 7. Equity
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      • a. Children
      • b. Parenting Orders
      • c. Family Violence
      • d. Marriage
    • 9. Financial >
      • a. Appropriations & financial assistance
      • b. Audits
      • c. Economic Support / Stimulus
      • d. Social Security
      • e. Superannuation
      • f. Taxation
      • g. Insurance
    • 10. Government >
      • a. Obligations
      • b. Government administration
      • c. Public service
      • d. Education
      • e. Transport
      • f. Utilities & Resources
    • 11. Guardianship, Administration & Vulnerable People
    • 12. Human Rights / Civil Liberties
    • 13. Industrial >
      • a. Awards
      • b. Enterprise Agreements
      • c. Stand-downs, redundancies & terminations
      • d. Jobkeeper
      • e. Remuneration & wages
      • f. Leave entitlements
      • g. Protected action
      • h. Workers Comp & Employee safety
    • 14. Maritime
    • 15. Migration
    • 16. Public Security
    • 17. Planning & Environment
    • 18. Property >
      • a. Leases
      • b. Caveats
      • c. Mortgages
      • d. Housing Assistance
      • e. Ownership
    • 19. Public Health >
      • a. Biosecurity / Public Health
      • b. Health & Insurance
      • c. Medicine & Midwifery
      • d. Medicines, Vaccines & Therapeutic Goods
    • 20. Quarantine
    • 21. Regulatory / Professional Discipline
    • 22. Tort
    • 23. Wills & Estates
  • Ch 4: Court Practice & Procedure
    • 1. Open Justice
    • 2. Legislation, Rules and Practice Notes
    • 3. Evidence
    • 4. Criminal Procedure >
      • A. Adjournments
      • B. Hearings by alternative means
      • C. Crimes Mental Impairment
      • D. Juries and trials by judge alone
    • 5. Civil Procedure >
      • A. Abridgements
      • B. Adjournments
      • C. Amendments
      • D. Determinations otherwise than by oral hearing
      • E. Discovery
      • F. Hearings by alternative means
      • G. Security for costs
      • H. Service of documents
      • I. Stay of proceedings, judgments, orders and other decisions
      • J. Timetabling
      • K. Trials by judge alone
  • Ch 5: Further Resources
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  • Last updated: 15 May 2020 (cases); 21 June 2020 (legislation)
  • Home
  • About the Authors
  • Ch 1: Overview
  • Ch 2: Constitution
  • Ch 3: Substantive Law
    • 1. Aged Care
    • 2. Commercial >
      • A. Bankruptcy & Insolvency
      • b. Contract
      • c. Competition & Consumer
      • d. Corporations & Associations
      • e. Transactions
    • 3. Criminal >
      • a. Bail
      • b. Corrections Management
      • c. New Crimes / Infringements
      • d. Sentencing
      • e. Serious & Sex Offenders
      • f. Visitation
      • g. Enforcement
    • 4. Customs & Trade >
      • a. Customs
      • b. Retail Trade
      • c. Gambling & Casinos
    • 5. Defence
    • 6. Emergencies
    • 7. Equity
    • 8. Family >
      • a. Children
      • b. Parenting Orders
      • c. Family Violence
      • d. Marriage
    • 9. Financial >
      • a. Appropriations & financial assistance
      • b. Audits
      • c. Economic Support / Stimulus
      • d. Social Security
      • e. Superannuation
      • f. Taxation
      • g. Insurance
    • 10. Government >
      • a. Obligations
      • b. Government administration
      • c. Public service
      • d. Education
      • e. Transport
      • f. Utilities & Resources
    • 11. Guardianship, Administration & Vulnerable People
    • 12. Human Rights / Civil Liberties
    • 13. Industrial >
      • a. Awards
      • b. Enterprise Agreements
      • c. Stand-downs, redundancies & terminations
      • d. Jobkeeper
      • e. Remuneration & wages
      • f. Leave entitlements
      • g. Protected action
      • h. Workers Comp & Employee safety
    • 14. Maritime
    • 15. Migration
    • 16. Public Security
    • 17. Planning & Environment
    • 18. Property >
      • a. Leases
      • b. Caveats
      • c. Mortgages
      • d. Housing Assistance
      • e. Ownership
    • 19. Public Health >
      • a. Biosecurity / Public Health
      • b. Health & Insurance
      • c. Medicine & Midwifery
      • d. Medicines, Vaccines & Therapeutic Goods
    • 20. Quarantine
    • 21. Regulatory / Professional Discipline
    • 22. Tort
    • 23. Wills & Estates
  • Ch 4: Court Practice & Procedure
    • 1. Open Justice
    • 2. Legislation, Rules and Practice Notes
    • 3. Evidence
    • 4. Criminal Procedure >
      • A. Adjournments
      • B. Hearings by alternative means
      • C. Crimes Mental Impairment
      • D. Juries and trials by judge alone
    • 5. Civil Procedure >
      • A. Abridgements
      • B. Adjournments
      • C. Amendments
      • D. Determinations otherwise than by oral hearing
      • E. Discovery
      • F. Hearings by alternative means
      • G. Security for costs
      • H. Service of documents
      • I. Stay of proceedings, judgments, orders and other decisions
      • J. Timetabling
      • K. Trials by judge alone
  • Ch 5: Further Resources
  • -
  • Last updated: 15 May 2020 (cases); 21 June 2020 (legislation)
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10. Government

A.  Overview

Government is the mechanism by which we, as a society, have responded, and responded relatively effectively, to the health threat posed by COVID-19 and to the economic threat posed by the response to COVID-19. This has involved the legislative imposition of new restrictions on the rights and interests of citizens and the conferral of new powers on governments, a situation that inevitably gives rise to disputes about the lawful and proper administration of government. The pandemic has also caused disruption to the daily functioning of government, to the employment conditions of the public service, and to government services such as transport and schools. Legislation has been enacted in each of these areas to mitigate that disruption.


The areas of law covered by this section are:
A.  Obligations
​B.  Government administration
C.  Public Service
D.  Education

E.  Transport
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F.  Utilities

B.  Further resources
  • Clayton Utz: Government
  • Clayton Utz: Government Powers & Directives
  • Clayton Utz: Sectors - Schools, Airports, Energy
  • AusPubLaw: Law-Making in a Crisis: Commonwealth and NSW Coronavirus Regulations
  • AusPubLaw: Staging Elections during a Health Emergency

<< G. Insurance
A. Obligations >>
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