and what are the details?
2007-10-29 07:28:11 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
The Australian Constitution was passed in the UK parliament and is part of UK law, in the "Australian constitution act 1901". UK law says all originals of acts must be kept in the UK, but they made an exception for the Australian constitution, and the original of the Australian constitution in Canberra is the only UK act allowed out of the country.
It is not a very exciting document full of universal rights or anything groovy like the American constitution. It is a very dry legal document detailing the separation of powers, the structure of the judiciary, the process required for a bill to be approved, how parliamentary decisions are made, how elections are called, it also gives legislative authority to the creation of acts, etc. Just the nuts and bolts of how a country operates at the highest level.
Very few attempts to change the constitution succeed. The last referendum was 5 or 6 years ago to vote to become a republic. The referendum failed, not because Australians want to keep the queen but we just couldn't decide what kind of republic we wanted.
2007-10-29 10:23:03 · answer #1 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep. It has a parlimentary government. Just like England.
2007-10-29 14:34:49 · answer #2 · answered by dude 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep it's on the back of a beer mat. It mentions sheila's, barbies, surfing and neighbours.
2007-10-29 14:31:50 · answer #3 · answered by Blokheed 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can read it here:
http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/general/constitution/
2007-10-29 14:34:39 · answer #4 · answered by Splishy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes it does.
2007-10-29 14:31:08 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋