recreational weed became legal in california in 2016.
recreational weed became legal in california in 2016.
when did recreational weed become legal in california?
2016
on 25 november 2016, "the west australian" newspaper reported that the reason for brandis issuing the direction was that gleeson had provided advice on behalf of the australian taxation office (ato) in a high court case over the collapse of the bell group in 1991. the western australian government had passed legislation ("bell group company’s finalisation of matters and distribution of proceeds act 2015"), elevating the insurance commission of wa in the queue of bell group creditors ahead of the ato. in april 2015, the wa state government received an assurance from then federal treasurer joe hockey that the commonwealth would not intervene, however the ato sought advice from gleeson as its counsel that federal taxation law overrode the state legislation. the paper alleged that brandis had told gleeson not to run the argument, however it was still contained in the ato's submission to the high court, which subsequently unanimously rejected the wa government's case and struck down the bell act.
george brandis
holmes à court initially disposed of some perth properties before accepting a joint takeover by bond corporation and the state government insurance commission (sgic), in which both parties took a 19.9% stake in bell group. holmes à court retained 6% of bell group and received $340 million from the sale. bond corp was subsequently forced to bid for other shares in bell with the result that it ended up with a majority shareholding of 68% of bell group. bond corp then proceeded to strip $500 million from bell resources in an effort to prop up its own debts. the asset stripping included transferring cash from bell resources ltd for its own purposes (thus breaching the company code and ultimately sending its chairman alan bond to jail), transfer of ownership of newspaper holdings into bond media and disposal of certain assets including tvw-7.
robert holmes à court