commonwealth law
1.0 Historical development of Australian Parliament
Before the formation of the Australia, there were six colonies ruling the land of Australia, which were Victoria, Queensland, Tasmania, New South Wales, Western Australia and South Australia (Harvey 2009). It was stated that each colonies has their own government and laws to manage the colonies.
According to Harvey(2009), the Commonwealth of Australia was first formed under the the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 in July 1900 after most of the people in Australia has agreed to the formation of the federation of Australia passed under the British Constitution. In 9 May 1901, the land of Australia was free from the control of the Britain when the all six colonies were united under a nation and the first Commonwealth Parliament of Australia was established at Melbourne, opened by Prince George, as stated in Section 1 of the Constitution of Australia (Australian Electoral Commission 2013). At the same time, Edmund Barton from the Commonwealth Parliament was appointed as the first Prime Minister of Australia. The current Prime Minister of Australia is Julia Gillard. Furthermore, the parliament building has shown some historical development of Australian Parliament. According the Parliament of Australia (2013), Members of Parliament met in the Victoria Parliament House from 1901 to 1927. Then, another parliament building was built, which was the Old Parliament House. Members of Parliament then met at the Old Parliament House from 1927 to 1988. The Members of Parliament now meet at the New Parliament House since 1988 after the building was completed. The Old Parliament House was then occupied by the Museum of Australian Democracy ( Parliament of Australia 2013). On 6 November 1999, a referendum was proposed to transform Australia into a Republic and replace Governor-General with a president. However, the transformation has failed as majority of the people in Australia does not
Before the formation of the Australia, there were six colonies ruling the land of Australia, which were Victoria, Queensland, Tasmania, New South Wales, Western Australia and South Australia (Harvey 2009). It was stated that each colonies has their own government and laws to manage the colonies.
According to Harvey(2009), the Commonwealth of Australia was first formed under the the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 in July 1900 after most of the people in Australia has agreed to the formation of the federation of Australia passed under the British Constitution. In 9 May 1901, the land of Australia was free from the control of the Britain when the all six colonies were united under a nation and the first Commonwealth Parliament of Australia was established at Melbourne, opened by Prince George, as stated in Section 1 of the Constitution of Australia (Australian Electoral Commission 2013). At the same time, Edmund Barton from the Commonwealth Parliament was appointed as the first Prime Minister of Australia. The current Prime Minister of Australia is Julia Gillard. Furthermore, the parliament building has shown some historical development of Australian Parliament. According the Parliament of Australia (2013), Members of Parliament met in the Victoria Parliament House from 1901 to 1927. Then, another parliament building was built, which was the Old Parliament House. Members of Parliament then met at the Old Parliament House from 1927 to 1988. The Members of Parliament now meet at the New Parliament House since 1988 after the building was completed. The Old Parliament House was then occupied by the Museum of Australian Democracy ( Parliament of Australia 2013). On 6 November 1999, a referendum was proposed to transform Australia into a Republic and replace Governor-General with a president. However, the transformation has failed as majority of the people in Australia does not