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Article #1237Re: Australian Consitution invalid?
From: Peter
Date: Sat, 05 May 2001 19:35
Date: Sat, 05 May 2001 19:35
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In article <3nTI6.19383$482.93155@newsfeeds.bigpond.com>, rearinghorse@bigpond.com says... > That is why the proposed change to the Constitution to form a republic was > absurd. All it would do, is delete the word "Queen" and substitute the word > "President", No, when you look at the changes it didn't do that. It deleted the words Governor-General and substituted President. The Queen's actual powers are minor and few when compared to those of the Governor-General. > while still leaving the whole Constitution contained in an > imperial Act, deriving its authority from, among other things, the Crown. This is not a problem. The original Act was the founding authority for the Constitution, but by virtue of s128 only we the people may change it. If the UK ever tried to alter the Act, then our High Court would find that this had no effect on our Constitution. We are no longer bound by Imperial statutes in our own eyes.
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