Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1979 No. 140 FEDERAL COURT RULES - RULE 11.16

16. Where a pleading-

   (a)  discloses no reasonable cause of action or defence or other case
        appropriate to the nature of the pleading;

   (b)  has a tendency to cause prejudice, embarrassment or delay in the
        proceeding; or

   (c)  is otherwise an abuse of the process of the Court, the Court may at
        any stage of the proceeding order that the whole or any part of the
        pleading be struck out.