Talk:Murder in Australian law

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On 26 December 2022, it was proposed that this article be moved from Murder (Australian law) to Murder in Australian law. The result of the discussion was moved.

Section headers

Article in desperate need of reorganisation and section headers.

The general jist seems lost due to the anarchic nature. Uamaol (talk) 00:34, 18 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Makes very little sense

This article is almost completely devoted to New South Wales law. It gives the impression that NSW law applies to the whole country. The article needs serious work. ¡Boz zio! 04:41, 26 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 26 December 2022

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved. (non-admin closure) The Night Watch (talk) 05:01, 2 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

– This is not the proper use of a parenthetical disambiguator, as these are not ambiguous topics, but merely variations of the same topic by country. These should be at Murder in Foo law titles, (Murder in English law, Murder in German law, and Murder in Hong Kong law have it right), just like we have Roads in Cuba and Roads in India rather than Roads (Cuba) and Roads (India), and Economy of Australia and Economy of Brazil rather than Economy (Australia) and Economy (Brazil) BD2412 T 04:39, 26 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Support per nom. Ortizesp (talk) 06:43, 26 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom. —Mx. Granger (talk · contribs) 15:23, 26 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support Mucube (talk • contribs) 20:49, 26 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Reassessed WikiProject quality and importance ratings

I have downgraded this article from B-class to Start class as a result of reassessed the WikiProject Crime ratings after adding the B-class checklist and found I needed to answer all the questions in the negative. I fail to see how this can be a B-class article if none of the B-class checklist question are answered "Yes". Also, I have upped the importance rating to "Mid" because this is a whole of country article. As a whole of country article, it needs to cover the law in each Australian state or territory, as well as the Commonwealth law for murders that are covered by a federal jurisdiction, where State laws do not apply. - Cameron Dewe (talk) 02:42, 3 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Australian law jurisdictions

Australian criminal law exists at both the Commonwealth (or federal) level and at the level of the various States and Territories, including the external territory of Norfolk Island. While the Commonwealth law constitutionally defers to State laws within States, Murder is defined in the criminal law at both levels. The Commonwealth law applies in territories that is administered by the Commonwealth, Australian ships and aircraft, Australian citizens and residents outside Australia or if there is a federal aspect to the offence. The applicable legal jurisdictions are:

Australian Commonwealth law applies in territories administered by Commonwealth departments.
Australian Capital Territory (a territory of the Commonwealth with its own legislature and laws that also apply to Jervis Bay Territory)
Northern Territory (which is considered a State)
New South Wales
Queensland
South Australia
Tasmania
Victoria
Western Australia
Norfolk Island (external territory with its own criminal laws)

Cameron Dewe (talk) 04:37, 5 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]