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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.
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 ]
Pages in category "Amendments to the Constitution of Australia" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
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 members present at the joint sitting may deliberate and shall vote together upon the proposed law as last proposed by the House of Representatives, and upon amendments, if any, which have been made therein by one House and not agreed to by the other, and any such amendments which are affirmed by an absolute majority of the total number of ...
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 Australian republic referendum held on 6 November 1999 was a two-question referendum to amend the Constitution of Australia.The first question asked whether Australia should become a republic, under a bi-partisan appointment model where the president would be appointed by the federal parliament with a two-thirds majority.
The Constitution Alteration (State Debts) 1928, [1] was an amendment to the Australian Constitution approved by referendum on 17 November 1928. It concerned financial relations between the federal level of government and the Australian states. It became law on 13 February 1929.