AUKUS and Section 44

Is there a way for a group of citizens to initiate a review of a parliamentarian’s right to sit in the House of Representatives under Section 44 through a petition to the High Court? This is in relation to the AUKUS Pact, and the Defence Ministers who are responsible for this: Perter Dutton as Defence … Read more

Comment in Youtube

​Here is a comment that keeps being removed automatically from Youtube comments to the Constitutional Clarion. I am publishing is here and will try to post a link to Youtube comments (but it still doesn’t work) ***  @constitutionalclarion1901  Thank you, Professor Twomey You mention in an article “The Queen of Australia” from 2007 https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/SGSocUphAUCon/2007/12.html “Some … Read more

Modern Australia’s Birth Certificate

The Commonwealth of Australia gained independence from the British Crown on the 3rd of September, 1939 through the Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1942. The act of declaring war on right-wing extremists and fascism in Germany, defending democracy, and protecting civilians from state-enacted genocide is the defining ethos of the modern and independent nation of … Read more

A Federal Crown or divisible Crowns in Australia

In Australia there is ambiguity about the nature of the Crown. The question whether there are divisible Crowns in right of the states is contested with the notion that there could be a Federal Crown. Many people still think that the Crown in Australia is the old imperial British Crown of colonial Australia. Perhaps the … Read more

Possibility for a referendum on a republic

The Albanese Government has distanced itself from the prospect of holding a second referendum on a republic, saying the topic is on hold. Yet, that may be a stalling tactic. https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_departments/Parliamentary_Library/pubs/rp/rp2223/Quick_Guides/TimingConstitutionalReferendums The legislation for a referendum needs to be passed by the federal parliament between two and six months before the referendum is to be … Read more

Proposed draft for changes to the Constitution to establish an Australian Republic

Written by Robert Vose1 August 2024 Alice Springs Section 129 – An Australian republic Since time immemorial, Australians have lived as sovereign people on this land.We recognise and honour the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of Australia. The people of Australia agree to express our sovereignty, by electing an Australian to serve a fixed … Read more