Search results
Oct 1, 2024 · In this video I look at the battle between the Commonwealth and NSW Governments over debt and money during the Great Depression, which resulted in the State withdrawing all its money, in cash, from...
- 19 min
- 3.3K
- Constitutional Clarion
Sep 28, 2024 · Written by Anne Twomey, Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Sydney Supporters of an Indigenous Voice to Parliament have celebrated the commitment of the new Albanese government to put the issue to a referendum.
Sep 24, 2024 · The Zionist Federation (ZFA) and Jewish students a year ago published their survey of 429 current students (563 total) comprising 7 per cent of the Jewish student body. They found that 64 per cent had experienced campus antisemitism. The range was from 48 per cent (Deakin) to 84 per cent (ANU).
Oct 5, 2024 · Written by Anne Twomey, Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Sydney. Debates about constitutional change in Australia inevitably raise the poor success rate of referendums. Only eight out of 44 attempts have ever succeeded and there has not been a successful constitutional change since 1977.
Oct 7, 2024 · Across the country, public access to our natural wonders is being closed off, the gates are being shut and we are being locked out. Access to our national parks is increasingly under threat. It’s an attack on our shared heritage forged out of our engagement and connection with the wonders of our beautiful landscape.
Sep 24, 2024 · Paula Gerber, Monash University In Tickle vs Giggle, the court had to consider where gender identity sits in the Sex Discrimination Act. The landmark decision sets up a precedent to protect ...
Oct 4, 2024 · Constitutional law expert Anne Twomey describes [1] this as a “spiral of loss”, where unfamiliarity with the mechanisms of constitutional change, alongside growing wariness among Australian voters about supporting amendments, makes politicians reluctant to expend political capital on “futile” constitutional reform.
