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justice ... notwithstanding anything contained elsewhere in this Constitution". The convention was held in Canberra and consisted of 24 members – six nominated by the federal government, six by the federal opposition, the six state premiers, and the six state leaders of the opposition. After an opening speech by Prime Minister
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The only commonsense interpretation of this Convention is, firstly, that a majority of people have voted generically in favour of a republic... Secondly, amongst the republican models, the one that has just got 73 votes is clearly preferred. When you bind those two together, it would be a travesty in
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government in 1973 to consider possible amendments to the Constitution which could be put to the people for approval at a referendum. The Convention, which was not elected but consisted of delegates chosen by the federal and state Parliaments, met through 1973–75 but achieved nothing as a result of
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The draft Constitution that was the final product of the first two conventions was approved at referendum in 1899 and 1900 by a 72% "Yes" vote on a 58% turnout. There have been four of the latter conventions post Federation, but no constitutional proposal from these has been approved by referendum,
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If this Convention does not express a clear view on a preferred republican alternative, then the people will be asked – after the next election – to vote in a preliminary plebiscite which presents them with all the reasonable alternatives. Then a formal constitutional referendum offering a choice
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proposed addition to the constitution of section 60A. This would have made the powers of federal parliament virtually unlimited, declaring "the power of the Parliament shall extend to all measures which in the declared opinion of the Parliament will tend to achieve economic security and social
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commonsense terms of Australian democracy for that proposition not to be put to the Australian people. Moreover, it would represent a cynical dishonouring of my word as Prime Minister and the promises that my coalition made to the Australian people before the last election.
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The Convention consisted of 152 delegates, of whom half were elected by the people and half were appointed by the federal government. This latter group included senior federal, state and territory politicians appointed by virtue of their positions.
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The next constitutional convention – the Australasian Federal Convention – was held in stages in 1897–98. Unlike the first convention, the delegates from New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania
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attendance was sporadic. At Melbourne the convention finally produced a draft constitution which was eventually approved by the people at referendums in the colonies.
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in January 1898. The intervals between the sessions were used for intense debate in the colonial parliaments and for public discussion of the draft constitution.
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and those put to referendum (proposals from the 1942 and 1998 conventions) were soundly defeated, reaching no more than 46% approval on 90% to 96% turnout.
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That proposal was lost at the referendum, only gaining 46% of the vote and only passing in two out of the four states required.
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between the present system and the republican alternative receiving most support in the preliminary plebiscite would follow.
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Since 1891, New Zealand had lost interest in federating with the Australian colonies, and was not represented. In
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The Convention was divided into four philosophical groups: those wanting to retain Australia's existing
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convened a constitutional convention for the sole purpose of discussing Attorney-General's
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The 1891 Constitutional Convention was held in Sydney in March 1891 to consider a draft
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A number of republicans who supported direct election abstained from the vote (such as
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Two Weeks in Lilliput: Bear Baiting and Backbiting At the Constitutional Convention
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in March 1897, then in Sydney in August, before, finally, it met again in
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At the opening of the Convention, Prime Minister John Howard stated:
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for the proposed federation of the British colonies in Australia and
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The Australian Broadcasting Commission's 1998 Convention website
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in February 1998. The Convention was convened by Prime Minister
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Records of the Australasian Federal Conventions of the 1890s
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in Australia are significant meetings that have debated the
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The 1973 Constitutional Convention was established by the
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Index

1898 Australasian Federal Convention
Australian Constitution
Frame of Government
New Zealand
Sir Henry Parkes
Andrew Inglis Clark
Tasmania
Samuel Griffith
Queensland
1897 Australasian Federal Convention election

John Downer
Edmund Barton
Richard O'Connor
were elected by popular vote
Adelaide
Melbourne
Queensland
Western Australian
Curtin government
H. V. Evatt
John Curtin
a referendum in 1944
Whitlam
Australian Constitutional Convention 1998
Canberra
John Howard
Liberal
Alexander Downer
Constitution Place, Canberra

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