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From: Gordon Brown's Speech on Constitutional Reform
  • cam . # . 1/1
    Jacques, I think it is going to reverberate into Australia because both Au and the UK practice Westminster so closely. Many of the reforms Brown is advocating are directly translatable so I expect it will cause focus on Australian constitutional practice.
    'Sworn to no party, and of no sect am I.' Frederick Vosper's republican motto.
    • But there is a firewall between UK and Australian practice called The Constitution of Australia; the more applicable changes that Brown is discussing would have to go through a referendum, no?
      • cam . # .
        Australia (especially the states) has a habit of passing constitutional practice in legislation. For instance the Federal AG having to consult with the state AGs before appointing a High Court judge is in a statutory act. So a lot of these practices can be put into legislation. It means a future government can blast them away if they want, which they cant with a constitution, but it could be done now that way.
        'Sworn to no party, and of no sect am I.' Frederick Vosper's republican motto.