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The Constitution of Australia (also known as the Commonwealth Constitution) is the fundamental law that governs the political structure of Australia. It is a written constitution , which establishes the country as a federation under a constitutional monarchy governed with a parliamentary system .
1906 Australian senate elections referendum; 1910 Australian referendum (State Debts) 1928 Australian state debts referendum; 1946 Australian referendum (Social Services) 1967 Australian referendum (Aboriginals) 1977 Australian referendum (Referendums) 1977 Australian referendum (Retirement of judges) 1977 Australian referendum (Senate Casual ...
Chapter VIII of the Constitution of Australia contains only section 128, which describes the constitutional referendum process required for amending the Constitution. The amendment by referendum method described in the section was modelled on provisions in the Swiss Federal Constitution . [ 1 ]
The casual vacancies amendment came about as part of the political fallout from both the Gair Affair and the Australian constitutional crisis of 1975.In the aftermath of this crisis, four amendments were recommended by sessions of the Australian Constitutional Convention, including one that would change the procedure for appointing replacement senators.
Australian constitutional law is the area of the law of Australia relating to the interpretation and application of the Constitution of Australia. Legal cases regarding Australian constitutional law are often handled by the High Court of Australia , the highest court in the Australian judicial system.
The proposal was to alter the constitution as follows (removed text stricken through; substituted text in bold): [1] Section 128 The proposed law for the alteration thereof must be passed by an absolute majority of each House of the Parliament, and not less than two nor more than six months after its passage through both Houses the proposed law shall be submitted in each State to the electors ...
The Constitution Alteration (Retirement of Judges) Bill 1977 was a successful proposal to alter the Australian Constitution to introduce a retirement age of 70 for federal judges. [1] It was put to voters for approval in a referendum held on 21 May 1977. After being approved in the referendum, it received the royal assent and became law on 29 ...
The Constitution Alteration (Prices) 1973 was a bill proposing amendments to section 51 of the Australian Constitution which would give the Commonwealth legislative power over prices. The proposed changes to the constitution were not upheld, with Australians voting against the constitutional alteration. [1]