The
Australian Constitution
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Why is it important?
The Australian Constitution is central to the republican
debate. This document forms the supreme law in Australia,
and the Federal and all State Governments must, must
comply with its provisions. It is this document which
says that the executive power of the Australian Commonwealth
is vested in the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland.
The republic debate is about giving Australia an Australian
Head of State. It is also about giving Australians
a constitution that is relevant to the Australia of
today and one that provides the appropriate symbols
for today's Australia, rather than for the Australia
of a century or more ago.
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Read the contents
of Australia's Constitution
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Browse through an outline
prepared by the Parliamentary Education Office
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See some of the changes proposed
for the Constitution in the Republican
drafts
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Find out about the 1998
Constitutional Convention.
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