Statutory interpretation: the role of extrinsic materials

Federal Court (Full Court). Can the literality of words of judgments be interpreted as if they were the text of a statute? Can secondary materials such as an explanatory memorandum only be looked at if the text of a statute is ambiguous?

Some of the questions to Full Court of the Federal Court (FCAFC) were as follows:

Question 1: Can the literality of words of judgments be interpreted as if they were the text of a statute?

Question 2: Can secondary materials such as an explanatory memorandum only be looked at if the text of a statute is ambiguous?

The FCAFC answered those questions as follows:

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