A History of Australia: The people make laws, 1888-1915Melbourne University Press, 1963 - Australia |
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... Representatives , expressed by the support of the majority.27 He wanted to see in the constitution a conservative upper chamber , and a House of Representatives elected upon a thoroughly popular basis . For Parkes was one of the finest ...
... Representatives , expressed by the support of the majority.27 He wanted to see in the constitution a conservative upper chamber , and a House of Representatives elected upon a thoroughly popular basis . For Parkes was one of the finest ...
Page 365
... Representatives , the people's house , as the source of all just power in Australia , and the Senate as a states ' house . Labor was talking of the Senate as a house enjoying equal powers with the House of Representatives except on ...
... Representatives , the people's house , as the source of all just power in Australia , and the Senate as a states ' house . Labor was talking of the Senate as a house enjoying equal powers with the House of Representatives except on ...
Page 367
... Representatives on the grounds that the almost equal numbers of the two parties in the House of Representatives and the small number supporting the government in the Senate rendered it impossible to manage the public business ...
... Representatives on the grounds that the almost equal numbers of the two parties in the House of Representatives and the small number supporting the government in the Senate rendered it impossible to manage the public business ...
Contents
A COAT OF CONSERVATIVE VARNISH | 29 |
MORAL IMPROVERS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS | 53 |
A TIME OF TUMULT | 90 |
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