{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6760b3839b72f37e5d9d8e79/6760b38c9b72f37e5d9d8fe5?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Could \"billions of dollars\" of government spending be unconstitutional?","description":"<p>Outrage over a federal government decision to put religious chaplains in government schools made headlines at the time for being a fight over the separation of church and state. But the real High Court case was about much more - and it has the potential to upend the way the entire federal government functions.</p><p><br></p><p>Court cases:&nbsp;</p><p>- Williams v Commonwealth of Australia [2012] HCA 23 (20 June 2012) http://www6.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/cases/cth/HCA/2012/23.html</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>- Williams v Commonwealth of Australia [2014] HCA 23 (19 June 2014) http://www6.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/cases/cth/HCA/2014/23.html</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.monash.edu/law/news-and-events/podcasts/just-cases/just-cases-season-4-episode-3\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Read the transcript</a>.</p>","author_name":"Monash Law"}