Parliamentary Debates, Volume 68Printed and published for the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia by J. Kemp, 1913 - Australia |
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Page 5396
... CONSTITUTION ALTERATION ( CORPORATIONS ) BILL . Motion ( by Mr. FISHER for Mr. HUGHES ) agreed to- That leave be given to bring in a Bill for an Act to alter paragraph xx . of section fifty - one of the Constitution . Bill presented ...
... CONSTITUTION ALTERATION ( CORPORATIONS ) BILL . Motion ( by Mr. FISHER for Mr. HUGHES ) agreed to- That leave be given to bring in a Bill for an Act to alter paragraph xx . of section fifty - one of the Constitution . Bill presented ...
Page 5605
... Constitution of the United States is , for practical purposes , the same as our own . There is not the same lengthy list of enumerated powers in the American Consti- tution as here , but the want of that has been more than supplied by ...
... Constitution of the United States is , for practical purposes , the same as our own . There is not the same lengthy list of enumerated powers in the American Consti- tution as here , but the want of that has been more than supplied by ...
Page 5606
... Constitution was adopted to extend the self - governing powers of the people of Australia , to en- able them to do that which , as State elec- tors , they could not do . The Constitution was framed by distinguished men , who gave their ...
... Constitution was adopted to extend the self - governing powers of the people of Australia , to en- able them to do that which , as State elec- tors , they could not do . The Constitution was framed by distinguished men , who gave their ...
Page 5611
... Constitution , and the effects of illogical division of powers the interpretation of the Constitution by the Judiciary has alone saved the situation . But this is not democratic government . It is not too much to say that the Judiciary ...
... Constitution , and the effects of illogical division of powers the interpretation of the Constitution by the Judiciary has alone saved the situation . But this is not democratic government . It is not too much to say that the Judiciary ...
Page 5619
... Constitution in the world as truly Federal in spirit , and in the greater part of its form , as is the Federal Constitution of Australia . It should not be forgotten that , whilst the word " Fede- ral " never appears in the United ...
... Constitution in the world as truly Federal in spirit , and in the greater part of its form , as is the Federal Constitution of Australia . It should not be forgotten that , whilst the word " Fede- ral " never appears in the United ...
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Page 5473 - Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their souls : Who steals my purse steals trash ; 'tis something, nothing ; "Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands ; But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed.
Page 5713 - The genius and character of the whole government seem to be, that its action is to be applied to all the external concerns of the nation, and to those internal concerns which affect the states generally ; but not to those which are completely within a particular state, which do not affect other states, and with which it is not necessary to interfere for the purpose of executing some of the general powers of the government.
Page 5489 - That the freedom of speech, and debates or proceedings in Parliament, ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of Parliament.
Page 5697 - That the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively...
Page 5711 - Whereas the people of New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Queensland, and Tasmania, humbly relying on the blessing of Almighty God, have agreed to unite in one indissoluble Federal Commonwealth under the Crown of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and under the Constitution hereby established...
Page 5711 - Not only, therefore, can there be no loss of separate and independent autonomy to the states through their union under the Constitution, but it may be not unreasonably said that the preservation of the states and the maintenance of their governments are as much within the design and care of the Constitution as the preservation of the union and the maintenance of the national government. The Constitution in all its provisions looks to an indestructible...
Page 5581 - Commons shall be necessary to constitute a meeting of the House for the Exercise of its Powers; and for that purpose the Speaker shall be reckoned as a Member.
Page 5378 - Kingdom, shall within Twenty-one Days after the Thirtieth Day of June and the. Thirty-first day of December in every Year transmit or deliver to some Shipping Master in the United Kingdom...
Page 5679 - That in every case of collision between two vessels it shall be the duty of the master or person in charge of each vessel, if and so far as he can do so without serious danger to his own vessel, crew, and passengers...
Page 5741 - The rule that the regulation of commerce which is confined exclusively within the jurisdiction and territory of a State, and does not affect other nations or States or the Indian tribes, that is to say, the purely internal commerce of a State, belongs exclusively to the State, is as well settled as that the regulation of commerce which does affect other nations or States or the Indian tribes belongs to Congress.