WebThe Constitution of Australia (or Australian Constitution) is a constitutional document that is supreme law in Australia.It establishes Australia as a federation under a constitutional monarchy and outlines the structure and powers of the Australian government's three constituent parts, the executive, legislature, and judiciary.. The constitution was drafted …

WebThe Constitution of Australia is the law that set up the Australian Commonwealth Government and says how it works. It is made up of several documents.The most important is the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia.The people of Australia voted in referendums from 1898–1900 to accept the Constitution. The Constitution was then …

WebA constitution is the aggregate of fundamental principles or established precedents that constitute the legal basis of a polity, organisation or other type of entity and commonly determine how that entity is to be governed.. When these principles are written down into a single document or set of legal documents, those documents may be said to embody a …

WebThe Constitution was the product of a series of constitutional conventions in the 1890s. The issues of religious freedom and secularism were not prominent in the convention debates, which focused on the economic and legislative powers of the proposed Commonwealth parliament. The first draft of Section 116, approved by the Melbourne Convention of …

WebThe White Australia policy is a term encapsulating a set of historical policies that aimed to forbid people of non-European ethnic origin, especially Asians (primarily Chinese) and Pacific Islanders, from immigrating to Australia, starting in 1901. Governments progressively dismantled such policies between 1949 and 1973.

WebSection 51 of the Constitution of Australia enumerates the legislative powers granted to Federal Parliament by the Australian States at Federation. The list contains 39 subsections, each referred to as a 'head of power' under which the parliament is empowered to make laws. The section is not an exhaustive list, as the federal parliament is authorized to …

WebForeign relations between neighbouring countries Australia and New Zealand, also referred to as Trans-Tasman relations, are extremely close. Both countries share a British colonial heritage as antipodean Dominions and settler colonies, and both are part of the wider Anglosphere. New Zealand sent representatives to the constitutional conventions which …

WebVictoria is a state in southeastern Australia.It is the second-smallest state with a land area of 227,444 km 2 (87,817 sq mi), the second most populated state (after New South Wales) with a population of over 6.5 million, and the most densely populated state in Australia (28 per km 2).Victoria is bordered with New South Wales to the north and South Australia to …

WebConstitution Day is a holiday to honour the constitution of a country. Constitution Day is often celebrated on the anniversary of the signing, promulgation or adoption of the constitution, ... See Constitution of Armenia. Australia, 9 July (1900). See Constitution of Australia. Not a public holiday. Azerbaijan, 12 November (1995). See Constitution of …

WebThe Twentieth Amendment (Amendment XX) to the United States Constitution moved the beginning and ending of the terms of the president and vice president from March 4 to January 20, and of members of Congress from March 4 to January 3. It also has provisions that determine what is to be done when there is no president-elect.The Twentieth …