The Constitution of Australia (also known as the Commonwealth Constitution) is the fundamental law that governs the political structure of Australia. It...

Chapter I of the Constitution of Australia establishes the Parliament of Australia and its role as the legislative branch of the Government of Australia. The...

Chapter II of the Constitution of Australia establishes the executive branch of the Commonwealth of Australia. It provides for the exercise of executive...

matters specified in the Constitution of Australia and supplementary legislation. The High Court was established following the passage of the Judiciary Act 1903...

Section 51 of the Constitution of Australia enumerates the legislative powers granted to the Parliament of Australia by the Australian States at Federation...

A constitution is the aggregate of fundamental principles or established precedents that constitute the legal basis of a polity, organization or other...

Australia, and the Constitution of Australia regulates its relationship with the Commonwealth. Under the Australian Constitution, Western Australia ceded...

state governments in Australia. Each state constitution preceded the federal Constitution of Australia as the constitutions of the then six self-governing...

Section 109 of the Constitution of Australia is the part of the Constitution of Australia that deals with the legislative inconsistency between federal...

features of these courts are contained in chapter III of the Australian Constitution. The doctrine of separation of powers refers to a system of government...

the Australian federal government under Section 122 of the Constitution of Australia no longer exist: Central Australia (1926–1931), consisting of the...

Chapter VIII of the Constitution of Australia contains only section 128, which describes the constitutional referendum process required for amending the...

parliamentary government, while incorporating features unique to the constitution of Australia. The present monarch is King Charles III, who has reigned since...

Canberra, is also the national capital. Section 125 of the Constitution of Australia specified that the seat of the national government, that is, the national...

When the Constitution of Australia came into force, on 1 January 1901, the colonies collectively became states of the Commonwealth of Australia. The efforts...

44 of the Australian Constitution lists the grounds for disqualification on who may become a candidate for election to the Parliament of Australia. It...

The politics of Australia operates under the written Australian Constitution, which sets out Australia as a constitutional monarchy, governed via a parliamentary...

The principles of the current Constitution of South Australia, also known as the South Australian Constitution, which includes the rules and procedures...

The Australian republic referendum held on 6 November 1999 was a two-question referendum to amend the Constitution of Australia. The first question asked...

triggered in some jurisdictions by popular initiative. Australia and Ireland provide examples of constitutions requiring that all amendments are first passed...

government is not mentioned in the Constitution of Australia, and two referendums in 1974 and 1988 to alter the Constitution relating to local government were...

formally appointed by the monarch of Australia with a commission made under the authority of section 2 of the Constitution and regulated by letters patent...

Parliament House and the High Court. The name of the government in the Constitution of Australia is the "Government of the Commonwealth". This was the name used...

Chapter VI of the Constitution of Australia pertains to the admission of new states, alteration of the limits of existing states, and the governance of the territories...

41 of the Australian Constitution is a provision within Chapter I, Part IV of the Constitution of Australia. It deals with the right of electors of States...

meaning of section 127 of the Constitution of Australia. Section 127 excluded "aboriginal natives" from being counted when reckoning the numbers of the people...

Section 64 of the constitution has the executive power to appoint ministers of state. The governor-general is appointed by the monarch of Australia based on...

Chapter I of the Constitution of Australia. The term of members of the House of Representatives is a maximum of three years from the date of the first...

Australia federated, formally constituting the Commonwealth of Australia. It remains a federation of those six original States under the Constitution...

IV of the Constitution of Australia pertains to trade (including between states and between the states and the Commonwealth), the appropriation of funds...