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Your guide to the structures, organisations and key people in the Australian Government

Courts and Judges

The Constitution puts the power to interpret laws, and to judge whether they apply in individual cases, in the High Court and other federal courts.

Judges are appointed by the Governor-General acting on the advice of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.

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