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Governors-General - Australia's Culture PortalThe Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia represents the monarch of Australia - currently Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia. The functions and roles of the Governor-General include appointing ambassadors, ministers and judges, giving Royal Ass...
Eventually, the arrival of people from diverse societies created a cultural diversity that is now an integral part of Australian society and identity. Image courtesy of the Migration Museum, History Trust of South Australia. Migration Museum, History Trus...
The bark petitions were the first to use traditional forms and combine bark painting with text typed on paper. Petition to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd by Galarrwuy Yunupingu from Yirrkala, Northern Territory, 23 July, 2008. In July 2008, Yunupingu presented...
The Federation Kiosk, Centennial Park, Sydney at the Proclamation of Federation, 1 January 1901. Image courtesy of the National Archives of Australia. The movement had begun to gather real momentum after Henry Parkes wrote to the other premiers in 1889 an...
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The Constitutional Centre of Western Australia - Referendums (website Constitutional Centre of Western Australia )Advisory Referendums (also called plebiscites) Not all referendums are about changing the Constitution. Governments can hold advisory referendums to test whether people either support or oppose a proposed action or issue. They are not bound by the "resu...
The Australian people have voted on 44 proposals for change in 20 constitutional referendums since 1901. Amending the Commonwealth Constitution has proved difficult. Examples of unsuccessful referendums: 1988 Rights and Freedoms In September 1988, a rig...
The members of the Women's Federal League in New South Wales, none of whom had a vote, were more positive. On 3 and 4 June 1898, Tasmania, New South Wales, South Australia and Victoria went to the polls. These changes were accepted by the voters at anot...
For Robert Gordon Menzies, long-time Prime Minister of Australia, republicanism was unthinkable in the Australian context. Soon after he attempted to have the constitution amended after the High Court of Australia struck down the Communist Party Dissolut...
1946 Social Services Referendum The 1946 referendum proposed to give the Commonwealth power to legislate on: The provision of maternity allowances, widows' pensions, child endowment, unemployment, pharmaceutical, sickness and hospital benefits, medical an...
How would you vote if these referendums were held today? Follow the prompts and register your votes on the screen. > All contents copyright © Government of Western Australia. ...
Those of you who are visitors may have noticed in press advertisements privacy policy statements by banks and other organisations. A federal Privacy Commissioner administers a frequently amended Privacy Act (1988). That instance illustrates how well sui...
The Australian Press Council has upheld a complaint against the Sydney Sunday newspaper The Sun-Herald over a front-page article headed "Tubby Bats for Queen" published during the lead-up to the November 6 constitutional referendum. For its part, The Sun...
The first national conferences on Aboriginal affairs drew up a series of goals relating to citizenship, living standards, education and land ownership. The council adopted a constitution opening membership to two classes of members: organisations having ...
Scholars may still search deposits lodged by the Trades and Labour Councils (TLCs), the state branches of the ACTU, or those lodged by unions affiliated with the ACTU. Since 1957, the ratio of union leaders to TLC representatives has increased and the AC...
THE end of the Queen's reign will be the best time to restart the republic debate in Australia, Federal Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull says. "I am a committed republican," Mr Turnbull, who was the chair of the Australian Republican Movement at the tim...
Welcome to The Courier-Mail. THE end of the Queen's reign will be the best time to restart the republic debate in Australia, Federal Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull says. Receive our News Feeds>What is RSS?...
He was Attorney-General in the Lyons government, and won the United Australia Party leadership after Lyonsâ~™s death in 1939. The Nationalist Party became the United Australia Party with Lyons as its federal parliamentary leader. In May 1932 the United A...
WHAT ARE THE HEALTH CHALLENGES FACING AUSTRALIA? Dr Emily Banks Key Future Health Challenges for Australia. National Rural Women's Coalition Healthy Women?...
THE end of the Queen's reign will be the best time to restart the republic debate in Australia, Federal Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull says. "I am a committed republican," Mr Turnbull, who was the chair of the Australian Republican Movement at the tim...
TREASURER Troy Buswell is determined to deliver extended trading to Perth's inner suburbs - but denies a rift with Nationals leader Brendon Grylls. If you want extended trading hours and Sunday trading in Perth for when you come here, then by that theory ...
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