THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS AND CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE: MAKING SENSE OF MULTIPLE INTENTIONS

The delegates to the 1890s Constitutional Conventions were well aware that the amendment mechanism is the ‘most important part of a Cons­ titution’, for on it ‘depends the question as to whether the state shall develop with peaceful continuity or shall suffer alternations of stagnation, retrogression, and revolution’.1 However, with only 8 of 44 proposed Read More …

Social Services Legislation Amendment (No Jab, No Pay) Bill 2015 Submission to Senate Inquiry by Nicholas William Farrow

Was the government of Australia aware about enacting legislation beyond the power of the Parliament to do so? Was section 51(xxiiiA) of the Commonwealth Constitution bought to the attention of the senate? The answer is yes! Below is a submission to the senate informing the senate that actions to enact an Act in the terms Read More …

Resolution of disputes with financial service providers within the justice system

“The code does not require credit providers to make inquiries beyond those ordinarily made by prudent lenders. Nor is it intended to place obstacles in the way of those lenders. It is intended to deal with credit providers who lend without making proper inquiries into the debtor’s ability to pay”. “For consumers, its essential features Read More …