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Constitution Act 1986

The Judiciary

23: Protection of Judges against removal from office

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"Judges can only be removed from their job if they do something wrong or can't work properly."

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A Judge of the High Court can only be removed from their job by the Sovereign or the Governor-General. This can only happen if the House of Representatives agrees, and they can only agree if the Judge has done something wrong or can't do their job properly. You can find more information about this by looking at the related laws, such as sections 7, 8, and 9.

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Part 4The Judiciary

23Protection of Judges against removal from office

  1. A Judge of the High Court shall not be removed from office except by the Sovereign or the Governor-General, acting upon an address of the House of Representatives, which address may be moved only on the grounds of that Judge's misbehaviour or of that Judge's incapacity to discharge the functions of that Judge's office.

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