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... Parliament passed an Act establishing the six Australian colonies as States of ' one indissoluble Federal ... Parliament may make minor alterations to the Constitution but any important ' structural ' change can be made only if a Bill ...
... Parliament passed an Act establishing the six Australian colonies as States of ' one indissoluble Federal ... Parliament may make minor alterations to the Constitution but any important ' structural ' change can be made only if a Bill ...
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... parliament and to trade with the major parties support in return for concessions , as they had been doing so successfully in the colonial parliaments . They also believed , even at this early date , that the Constitution must be amended ...
... parliament and to trade with the major parties support in return for concessions , as they had been doing so successfully in the colonial parliaments . They also believed , even at this early date , that the Constitution must be amended ...
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... Parliament was probably of a higher calibre than any that have succeeded it . The prestige of the first national Parliament attracted to it many of the best men from the State parliaments something which has not happened so obviously ...
... Parliament was probably of a higher calibre than any that have succeeded it . The prestige of the first national Parliament attracted to it many of the best men from the State parliaments something which has not happened so obviously ...
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A NATION FOR A CONTINENT c 19001903 | 12 |
THREE ELEVENS IN THE FIELD c 19041908 | 55 |
LABOR IN POWER c 19091913 | 68 |
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