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ATimeForChange8230_StillYesNoCasesInCommonwealthReferendums
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A Time for Change… Still: Yes/No Cases in Commonwealth Referendums The following post has been contributed by TIMOTHY MAYBURY, CRU Intern: Since the early days of...
AlleyVGillespieAndTheUncertainScopeOfSection_44vOfTheConstitution
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Alley v Gillespie and the Uncertain Scope of Section 44(v) of the Constitution This post was contributed by Georgia Allen, a CRU Intern: S 44 – Disqualification A...
AnAgeingAmendment_8211_Section_72_andTheMandatoryRetirementAgeOfJudges
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An Ageing Amendment – Section 72 and the Mandatory Retirement Age of Judges The following post is by CRU Intern, SARAH BRADBURY On 3 February 2015, Geoffrey Nettl...
AntipodeanExpressionsOfGriefHowWillAustraliaRespondToTheDeathOfTheQueen
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Antipodean Expressions of Grief: How will Australia respond to the death of the Queen? The following blog has been posted by Cassidy O’Sullivan, a CRU intern: Des...
AttributionForm
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Attribution Form This is a maintenance topic, used by the Wiki administrator. Name Type Size Values Tooltip message Attributes AustLII _Cont...
AustraliaMayLeadTheWorldButTheWorldCantBreatheFreelyYet
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Australia may lead the world, but the world can’t breathe freely yet. It is rare for the world to be watching when the High Court of Australia makes a decision. B...
CPCFWillTampaFinallyGetItsDayInTheHighCourt
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CPCF: Will Tampa finally get its day in the High Court? CRU Associate AMANDA SAPIENZA has contributed the following post: First came the victory, when in Pape it ...
ConstitutionalCritique
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Constitutional Critique 2018 June 2018 Section_44iOfTheConstitutionWhereToFromHere 2017 November 2017 GodSaveThePresidentTheLikelihoodOfAnAustralianRepu...
DejaVuTheCommonwealthsResponseToTheWilliamsCase
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Déjà Vu – The Commonwealth’s response to the Williams Case History clearly does repeat itself. After the High Court handed down Williams v Commonwealth No 1 on 20...
DualCitizenshipAndEligibilityToServeAsAMemberOfParliament_8211_theEvolvingStoryInAustralia
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Dual citizenship and eligibility to serve as a member of Parliament – the evolving story in Australia This post is by Elisa Arcioni and Helen Irving. It is an edi...
ElectoralDisclosureLawsAndTheThomsonAffair
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Electoral Disclosure Laws and the Thomson Affair The Australian Electoral Commission today released its analysis of the Fair Work Australia report into Mr Thomson...
EntrenchingRacialDiscriminationTheProposedConstitutionalisationOfNotSoSpecialMeasures
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Entrenching Racial Discrimination? The Proposed Constitutionalisation of Not So ‘Special Measures’ Jess Natoli, one of the CRU’s student interns, has been researc...
FillingTheGaps_8211_OptionsForReplacingTheRacePower
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Filling the gaps – Options for replacing the race power The following blog post has been contributed by CRU Intern Tim Craven: It is generally agreed that the Com...
FindingTheBalanceBetweenSpecialMeasuresAndTheProhibitionOfDiscrimination8217
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Finding the balance between special measures and the prohibition of discrimination’ The following blog post has been contributed by CRU intern, STEPHEN SHARPE: Wh...
FromSimpleDisillusionToDoubleDissolution
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From Simple Disillusion to Double Dissolution Before the election, Tony Abbott ruled out negotiating with independents or minor parties if he didn’t achieve a maj...
GoWithTheFlowOrRoomForImprovementToWhatExtentDoesTheSenateElectoralSystemReflectS_7_ofTheConstitution
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Go with the flow or room for improvement? To what extent does the Senate electoral system reflect s 7 of the Constitution? The following post is by CRU Intern ELI...
GodSaveThePresidentTheLikelihoodOfAnAustralianRepublicInTheTwentyFirstCentury
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God save the President: The Likelihood of an Australian Republic in the Twenty First Century This post was prepared by Christie Chang Ching Wilson, an intern of t...
INDIGENOUSRECOGNITIONANDCONSTITUTIONALMYTHS
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INDIGENOUS RECOGNITION AND CONSTITUTIONAL MYTHS Almost every history book contains factual errors. These can usually be corrected in later histories or pointed ou...
IndigenousConstitutionalRecognition_8211_ADutyToConsult
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Indigenous Constitutional Recognition – A Duty to Consult? CRU Intern, MICHAEL STARKEY, has contributed the following post: The delay of the referendum on indigen...
LocalGovernmentReferendum_8211_AnAlternativeYesNoCase
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Local Government Referendum – An Alternative Yes/No Case The problem with the official Yes/No case in a referendum is that it is written by the advocates and the ...
LongToReignOverUsButHowMuchDoWeKnowAboutWhatTheQueenDoes
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Long to Reign Over Us – But How Much Do We Know About What the Queen Does? As the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee is celebrated over the next month, much will be written ...
OnALegalRollFortescueMetalsSuccessInHighCourtAgainstASICUnlikelyToBeReplicatedInItsConstitutionalChallenge
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On a legal roll? Fortescue Metals’ success in High Court against ASIC unlikely to be replicated in its constitutional challenge CRU Intern Sophie Maltabarow discu...
ParliamentaryRatificationOfTreaties
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Parliamentary Ratification of Treaties CRU intern, Sophie Maltabarow, has contributed the following blog: Bob Katter’s campaign against free trade faced another s...
ParliamentsAbjectSurrenderToTheExecutive
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Parliament’s abject surrender to the Executive In days of old, when Legislative Councils were appointed bodies, Labor Governments would try to swamp them with sui...
PrayersInParliamentAndTheConstitution
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Prayers in Parliament and the Constitution Luke Beck, a CRU Associate, has contributed the following post about prayer in the Commonwealth Parliament: From time t...
PreventingAsylumSeekersFromAccessingTheCourts
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Preventing Asylum Seekers from Accessing the Courts CRU Associate AMANDA SAPIENZAhas contributed the following post on the Coalition’s recently announced asylum s...
PublicGovernanceAndParliamentaryScrutinyOfExpenditure
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Public Governance and Parliamentary Scrutiny of Expenditure One of the many Bills that the Commonwealth Government is proposing to rush through the Senate with mi...
ReservedIndigenousSeatsInTheCommonwealthParliamentPotentialModelsAndConstitutionalIssues
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Reserved Indigenous Seats in the Commonwealth Parliament: Potential Models and Constitutional Issues This post has been contributed by CRU intern, ARMEN AGHAZARIA...
SamesexMarriage_8211_AHighCourtPreview
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Same sex marriage – A High Court preview This week the High Court will hear the Commonwealth’s challenge to the ACT’s Marriage Equality (Same Sex) Act 2013. Contr...
Section_44iOfTheConstitutionWhereToFromHere
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Section 44(i) of the Constitution: Where to from here? This blog post is by CRU Intern, Ashley Kelaita: Since late last year, the Australian Commonwealth Parliame...
SenatorAssange
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Senator Assange? Earl Grey, famous for his family’s tea, has another claim to fame in Australia. He was the first person to achieve Julian Assange’s ambition – to...
ShouldAustraliaReconsiderDualCitizenshipWhatHistoryAndTheConstitutionRevealAboutTheZygierAffair
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Should Australia reconsider dual citizenship? What history and the Constitution reveal about the Zygier affair. The recent death in an Israeli prison of an Israel...
TasmaniasSameSexMarriageBill_8211_ImplicationsForOtherStates
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Tasmania’s Same Sex Marriage Bill – Implications for other States While a Tasmanian proposal to introduce same sex marriage was defeated in the Tasmanian Parliame...
TheCaseOfTheMissingVotes
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The case of the missing votes Although the Court of Disputed Returns has not yet formally declared that the WA half Senate election was void, Justice Hayne’s judg...
TheConstitutionalityOfSenatorLambie8217sProposedInvoluntaryDetoxLaws
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The constitutionality of Senator Lambie’s proposed involuntary detox laws CRU intern, TIMOTHY SMARTT, has contributed the following blog post: Senator Jacqui Lamb...
TheExpulsionOrSuspensionOfFederalMPs
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The Expulsion or Suspension of Federal MPs Could the Federal Parliament expel or suspend Craig Thomson or Peter Slipper? The House of Representatives could suspen...
TheHumanRightsAndAntiDiscriminationBillDontRushToAConstitutionalChallenge
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The Human Rights and Anti Discrimination Bill: Don’t Rush to a Constitutional Challenge. (An edited version of this entry appears in The Conversation, 24/1/13) Au...
TheJudiciousnessOfAdvisingTheGovernorGeneral
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The judiciousness of advising the Governor General ‘An unprecedented, extensive and unconventional relationship between a High Court judge and a governor general ...
TheLawOfSuccessionToTheAustralianThrone
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The law of succession to the Australian throne While most of the discussion of the impending royal birth falls into the category of fawning adulation, dismissive ...
TheLetterSAGatewayToSelfDetermination
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The Letter ‘S’: A Gateway to Self Determination? In this blog, Ellen Joy, one of the CRU’s interns, discusses the significance of the use of the term ‘peoples’ in...
TheRoyalSuccessionAndTheDepatriationOfTheCanadianConstitution
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The royal succession and the de patriation of the Canadian Constitution While royal babies largely fall within the domain of gossip magazines and ‘celebrity’ wors...
TheUKBillOfRightsCommissionReportLessonsForAustralia
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The UK Bill of Rights Commission Report: Lessons for Australia? The storm of protest that greeted the Commonwealth’s Exposure Draft of the Human Rights and Anti D...
TheUSSupremeCourtAndObamacareSurprisesAllRound
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The U.S. Supreme Court and Obamacare: Surprises all round. National Federation of Independent Business, et al., v. Sebelius (USSC 28 June, 2012). Yesterday mornin...
TheValidityOfSamesexMarriageInTasmania
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The validity of same sex marriage in Tasmania Does the Tasmanian Parliament have the power to pass a law permitting same sex marriage? The short answer is ‘Yes’. ...
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