Re The State Public Services Federation & Ors; Ex parte Kennett

This matter concerned an application for a Writ of Prohibition and a Writ of Discharge of Order Nisi before the High Court of Australia. The applicants were the State Public Services Federation and others, and the respondents were Jeffrey Gibb Kennett and Phillip Archibald Gude, who were acting in their capacities as Premier and Treasurer of the State of Victoria respectively. The dispute arose from orders nisi made by Justice Dawson on 7 December 1992.

The central legal issue before the High Court was whether the orders nisi previously made should be discharged. The specific nature of the original application for prohibition and the grounds upon which the orders nisi were granted are not detailed in the provided transcript.

The High Court, by consent of the solicitors for all parties, ordered that the orders nisi made on 7 December 1992 by Justice Dawson be discharged. The matter was subsequently adjourned sine die.