Rewrite? What for?: \"Rewriting the constitution\" is as relevant as saying you\'ll use a word processor to do it. A rewrite of a constitution is done when there is reason to modify so many sections it is worth rewriting. Where are those numerous sections that must be replaced?
In Canada, the British North America Act was modified (without referenda) to meet certain desirable objectives under a concept termed \"patriation\". The Australia Act of 1986 was our equivilant legislative response.
Japan and Germany were fascist states defeated by the allies ending WWII. The objective was to create a liberal democratic state (or a communist one in the case of East Germany.) Not exactly a case for Australia to rewrite its constitution.
Queensland did not actually rewrite their constitution as I mentioned in another post.
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