Reforming our constitution : a roundatable discussion / House of Representatives Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs
- Bib ID:
- 4401899
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Australia. Parliament. House of Representatives. Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Description:
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- Canberra : Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs, ©2008
- [xiii], 72 pages ; 25 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 9780642790613
- 9780642790620
- Series:
- Parliamentary paper (Australia. Parliament) ; 2008, no. 299
- Summary:
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"It is now nine years since the last referendum was held to amend the Australian Constitution. It is over thirty years since there was a successful referendum to amend Australia's Constitution. The present decade may be the first since Federation during which there is no referendum held. This stasis in terms of change to the Constitution, or even attempts to change the Constitution, is remarkable"--P. [vii]
- Full contents:
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- 1. Introduction
- 2. Altering the Constitution
- 3. Parliamentary terms and members' qualifications
- 4. Federal -State relations
- 5. Indigenous recognition and nation building through a new preamble
- 6. Citizenship and the protection of rights in Australia
- Appendix A : Roundtable participants
- The Hon Peter Slipper MP-additional comment.
- Notes:
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- "Chair: Mr. Mark Dreyfus QC MP"--P. [xi]
- "June 2008, Canberra".
- At head of title: The Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Also available online https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-961846785
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Dreyfus, Mark
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- Commonwealth of Australia 2008.
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