Australian Constitution

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The Australian Constitution is the foundational legal document that establishes the structure, powers, and functions of Australia's federal system of government and its key institutions.

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Generate an image of the Australian Constitution (The Australian Constitution is the foundational legal document that establishes the structure, powers, and functions of Australia's federal system of government and its key institutions.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional law instrument ⓘ
foundational legal document ⓘ
written constitution ⓘ
allocatesPowersBetween Commonwealth ⓘ
States ⓘ
allowsFor admission or establishment of new States ⓘ
alteration of State boundaries with consent ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 (UK), covering clauses and Constitution ⓘ
amendmentProcedure referendum under Section 128 ⓘ
assentedToOn 1900-07-09 ⓘ
bindingOn Commonwealth government ⓘ
State governments ⓘ
courts of Australia ⓘ
cameIntoForceWith Federation of Australia ⓘ
commencedOn 1901-01-01 ⓘ
contains a small number of express rights ⓘ
containsSchedule covering clauses preceding the Constitution proper ⓘ
containsSection Section 109 ⓘ
Section 128 ⓘ
Section 51 ⓘ
Section 52 ⓘ
Section 61 ⓘ
Section 71 ⓘ
Section 92 ⓘ
Section 96 ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
defines Commonwealth of Australia ⓘ
doesNotContain comprehensive bill of rights ⓘ
enactedBy Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
establishes Commonwealth Parliament ⓘ
Executive Government of the Commonwealth ⓘ
Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia ⓘ
High Court of Australia ⓘ
House of Representatives ⓘ
Senate ⓘ
federal judiciary ⓘ
federal system of government ⓘ
executivePowerVestedIn Queen and exercisable by Governor-General ⓘ
expressRight freedom of religion (Section 116) ⓘ
just terms compensation for acquisition of property (Section 51(xxxi)) ⓘ
non-discrimination against residents of other States (Section 117) ⓘ
right to trial by jury for certain Commonwealth offences (Section 80) ⓘ
federationDate 1901-01-01 ⓘ
headOfStateRoleDefinedBy provisions relating to the Crown and Governor-General ⓘ
impliedRight freedom of political communication (as interpreted by High Court) ⓘ
influencedBy Canadian Constitution (British North America Act 1867) ⓘ
United Kingdom constitutional conventions ⓘ
United States Constitution ⓘ
interpretedBy High Court of Australia ⓘ
judicialPowerVestedIn High Court of Australia ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalSystem common law ⓘ
legislativePowerVestedIn Federal Parliament ⓘ
originalJurisdictionOfHighCourt defined in Section 75 and Section 76 ⓘ
originallyAppliedTo six Australian colonies ⓘ
partOf Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 (UK) ⓘ
providesFor bicameral federal parliament ⓘ
constitutional monarchy ⓘ
division of powers between Commonwealth and States ⓘ
referendum process for constitutional amendment ⓘ
responsible government ⓘ
requiresForAmendment majority of voters in a majority of States ⓘ
national majority of voters ⓘ
shortTitle Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 ⓘ
status supreme law of Australia ⓘ
subjectTo constitutional conventions ⓘ
supremacyClause Section 109 gives Commonwealth law precedence over inconsistent State law ⓘ
tradeProvision Section 92 guarantees freedom of interstate trade and commerce ⓘ

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Australia Act 1986 → affects → Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 ⓘ
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Australian Constitution → shortTitle → Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 ⓘ
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Australian Constitution → partOf → Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 (UK) ⓘ
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Section 24 of the Australian Constitution → partOf → Australian Constitution ⓘ
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President of the Australian Senate → createdBy → Australian Constitution ⓘ
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Common law of New South Wales → constrainedBy → Constitution of Australia ⓘ
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Queen of Australia → constitutionalBasis → Australian Constitution ⓘ
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures → recognizedBy → Australian Constitution (through 1967 referendum changes) ⓘ
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Australian Senate → createdBy → Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 ⓘ
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Australian Senate → constitutionalBasis → Australian Constitution ⓘ
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Australian territories → governedUnder → Australian Constitution ⓘ
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Chief Justice of Australia → legalBasis → Constitution of Australia ⓘ
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Full Court of the High Court → authorityFrom → Australian Constitution ⓘ
High Court of Australia → establishedBy → Constitution of Australia ⓘ
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Australian constitutional monarchy → definedBy → Australian Constitution ⓘ
Australian constitutional monarchy → constitutionalDocument → Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 ⓘ
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Australian law → hasSupremeLaw → Constitution of Australia ⓘ
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Acts of the Parliament of Australia → governedBy → Australian Constitution ⓘ
Referendum Council → topic → Australian Constitution ⓘ
Crown of Australia → definedIn → Constitution of Australia ⓘ
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courts of New South Wales → isSubjectTo → Constitution of Australia ⓘ
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Executive Government of the Commonwealth → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of Australia ⓘ
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States of Australia → federationInstrument → Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 (UK) ⓘ
subject linked to: States
linked to: Australian Constitution