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At first it had been wrongly assumed by its opponents that the High Court would in effect operate as a tribunal with no authoritative legal status. However, from the beginning, the Bench was determined to impress its authority upon the State Supreme courts through defining the role of the High Court as both a higher court of appeal and as the interpreter of the Australian Constitution.

 
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