ConstitutionalCritique
Critical constitutional analysis by the CRU
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TheJudiciousnessOfAdvisingTheGovernorGeneral
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‘An unprecedented, extensive and unconventional relationship between a High Court judge and a governor general during a constitutional crisis’? Really? Such was t...
AustraliaMayLeadTheWorldButTheWorldCantBreatheFreelyYet
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It is rare for the world to be watching when the High Court of Australia makes a decision. But so it was yesterday with British American Tobacco Australasia Limit...
PrayersInParliamentAndTheConstitution
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Luke Beck, a CRU Associate, has contributed the following post about prayer in the Commonwealth Parliament: From time to time there are calls for Parliament to s...
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ElectoralDisclosureLawsAndTheThomsonAffair
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The Australian Electoral Commission today released its analysis of the Fair Work Australia report into Mr Thomson. The AEC’s analysis (which can be found here: ht...
EntrenchingRacialDiscriminationTheProposedConstitutionalisationOfNotSoSpecialMeasures
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Jess Natoli, one of the CRU’s student interns, has been researching the application of ‘special measures’ in the context of the proposals of the Expert Panel on t...
LongToReignOverUsButHowMuchDoWeKnowAboutWhatTheQueenDoes
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As the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee is celebrated over the next month, much will be written about how she has ‘never put a foot wrong’. But how do we know? What do we ...
ParliamentsAbjectSurrenderToTheExecutive
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In days of old, when Legislative Councils were appointed bodies, Labor Governments would try to swamp them with suicide squads of Members who once appointed would...
TheExpulsionOrSuspensionOfFederalMPs
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Could the Federal Parliament expel or suspend Craig Thomson or Peter Slipper? The House of Representatives could suspend either of them – but not expel them. This...
TheLetterSAGatewayToSelfDetermination
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In this blog, Ellen Joy, one of the CRU’s interns, discusses the significance of the use of the term ‘peoples’ in the constitutional amendment proposed by the Exp...
TheUSSupremeCourtAndObamacareSurprisesAllRound
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National Federation of Independent Business, et al., v. Sebelius (USSC 28 June, 2012). Yesterday morning (Washington time), as Australians slept, the United Stat...
TheValidityOfSamesexMarriageInTasmania
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Does the Tasmanian Parliament have the power to pass a law permitting same sex marriage? The short answer is ‘Yes’. But the more difficult question is whether tha...
UsingRepresentativeGovernmentToBypassRepresentativeGovernment
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CRU Associate, Amanda Sapienza, writes as follows about the Commonwealth’s legislative response to the Williams case: A court decides that government activity is ...
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Welcome
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Welcome to the Constitutional Reform Unit’s blog. We intend to use this blog to alert people to the research that is being conducted by the CRU and any events and...
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