PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - application to strike out statement of claim because it fails to disclose a reasonable cause of action - originating application for judicial review of a report provided to the Minister of Employment - redacted copy of report tabled into Parliament - whether conduct of the author of the report and the Minister constituted "acts done in the course of, or for the purposes of or incidental to, the transacting of the business of a House [of the Australian Parliament]" within s 16(2) of the Parliamentary Privileges Act 1987 (Cth) (the PP Act) - whether the report was prepared "for purposes of or incidental to the transacting of [the business of a House of the Australian Parliament]" within s 16(2)(c) of the PP Act.
Held: statement of claim struck out, summary judgement entered for the Respondents.
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