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"Locating Plebiscites in the Australian Constitution"   flag 

(2022) 46 Melbourne University Law Review 218
Psycharis, Matthew
Melbourne University Law Review
Australia

Legislation Cited

Legislation Name Provision
Carbon Tax Plebiscite Bill 2011 (Cth)
Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 (Cth)
Plebiscite (Future Migration Level) Bill 2018 (Cth)
Census and Statistics Act 1905 (Cth) s9
Defence Act 1903 (Cth) s49
Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Electoral Integrity and Other Measures) Act 2006 (Cth)
Flags Act 1953 (Cth) s3
Legislation Act 2003 (Cth) s42
Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984 (Cth) s27
Commonwealth Franchise Act 1902 (Cth)
Compulsory Voting Act 1915 (Cth)
Defence Act 1909 (Cth)
Flags Amendment Act 1998 (Cth)
Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Act 2017 (Cth)
Marriage Law Survey (Additional Safeguards) Act 2017 (Cth) s3
Military Service Referendum Act 1916 (Cth)
Referendum (Constitution Alteration) Act 1906 (Cth)
Referendum (Constitution Alteration) Modification Act 1977 (Cth) s3
War Precautions Act 1914 (Cth)
Referendums (Scotland and Wales) Act 1997
Scotland Act 1998
Military Service Act 1916

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In re United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill [2021] UKSC 42; [2021] 1 WLR 5106 United Kingdom Supreme Court United Kingdom 6 Oct 2021 BAILII flag 5
LibertyWorks Inc v Commonwealth [2021] HCA 18; (2021) 274 CLR 1; 391 ALR 188; (2021) 95 ALJR 490 High Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 16 Jun 2021 AustLII flag 33
"Options for the Voice to Parliament Released" (2021) 95 Australian Law Journal 163 Australian Law Journal Australia circa 2021 Legal Online flag 1
"250 Years of R in Australia: From James Cook to the Palace Papers (1770 – 2020)" (2021) 95 Australian Law Journal 520 Australian Law Journal Australia circa 2021 Legal Online flag 1
"Towards Constitutional Consonance: Institutional Adaptation and the Administrative State" (2021) 44 Melbourne University Law Review 889 Melbourne University Law Review Australia circa 2021 AustLII flag 1
New Zealand v Attorney-General [2020] NZHC 1356; [2021] 3 NZLR 71 High Court of New Zealand New Zealand 16 Jun 2020 NZLII flag 2
Legal and Political Context ’ (2020) 16 (4) European Constitutional Law Review 625 European Constitutional Law Review Europe circa 2020 Cambridge flag 1
Love v Commonwealth (2020) 270 CLR 152; [2020] HCA 3 Australia - Commonwealth circa 2020 Legal Online / Westlaw flag 41
"Tracking the Pendulum Swing on Legislative Entrenchment in New Zealand" (2020) 41 (2) Statute Law Review 207 Statute Law Review United Kingdom circa 2020 HeinOnline / LexisNexis flag 1
"Proportionality and Its Alternatives" (2020) 48 Federal Law Review 123 Federal Law Review Australia circa 2020 HeinOnline / Informit flag 9
"The Evolving Role of History in Constitutional Interpretation" (2020) 31 Public Law Review 248 Public Law Review Australia circa 2020 Legal Online flag 1
"Australia's Same-Sex Marriage Survey: Evaluating a Unique Popular Vote Process" (2020) 46 Monash University Law Review 107 Monash University Law Review Australia circa 2020 AustLII flag 1
"The Commonwealth Executive Power: Historical Constitutional Origins and the Future of the Prerogative" (2020) 43 University of New South Wales Law Journal 893 University of New South Wales Law Journal Australia circa 2020 AustLII flag 2
R (Miller) v Prime Minister [2019] UKSC 41; [2020] AC 373; [2019] 3 WLR 589 United Kingdom Supreme Court United Kingdom 24 Sep 2019 BAILII flag 59
"Dicey on Brexit and the Conservative Nature of Referendums" (2019) 93 Australian Law Journal 981 Australian Law Journal Australia circa 2019 Legal Online flag 1
"Responsible Government and Parliamentary Intention: The Impact of Wilkie v Commonwealth" (2019) 41 Sydney Law Review 517 Sydney Law Review Australia circa 2019 AustLII flag 1
"Executive Power in Australia - Nurtured and Bound in Anxiety" (2018) 43 (2) University of Western Australia Law Review 16 University of Western Australia Law Review Australia - Western Australia circa 2018 AustLII flag 5
Re Canavan ’ (2018) 92 Australian Law Journal 17 Australian Law Journal Australia circa 2018 Legal Online flag 3
Commissioner of Police v Marshall (Reclaim the Streets) [2017] NSWSC 1589 Supreme Court of New South Wales Australia - New South Wales 13 Nov 2017 AustLII flag 1
Wilkie v The Commonwealth [2017] HCA 40; (2017) 263 CLR 487; (2017) 349 ALR 1; (2017) 91 ALJR 1035 High Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 28 Sep 2017 AustLII flag 38
Wilkie v The Commonwealth of Australia; Australian Marriage Equality Ltd v Minister for Finance Mathias Cormann [2017] HCATrans 175 High Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 6 Sep 2017 AustLII flag 2
Wilkie v The Commonwealth of Australia; Australian Marriage Equality Ltd v Minister for Finance Mathias Cormann [2017] HCATrans 174 High Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 5 Sep 2017 AustLII flag 2
Brown v Tasmania (2017) 261 CLR 328 Australia - Commonwealth circa 2017 Legal Online / Westlaw flag 92
Between Severance and a Hard Place ’ (2017) 39 Sydney Law Review 399 Sydney Law Review Australia circa 2017 HeinOnline / LexisNexis flag 1
"The Constitutional Conventions and Constitutional Change: Making Sense of Multiple Intentions" (2017) 38 Adelaide Law Review 49 Adelaide Law Review Australia circa 2017 AustLII flag 2
"A Proportionate Burden: Revisiting the Constitutionality of Optional Preferential Voting" (2017) 42 University of Western Australia Law Review 57 University of Western Australia Law Review Australia - Western Australia circa 2017 AustLII flag 1
MZAFZ v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2016] FCA 1081; 243 FCR 1; 243 CLR 1; 155 ALD 98 Federal Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 7 Sep 2016 AustLII flag 346
Murphy v Electoral Commissioner [2016] HCA 36; (2016) 261 CLR 28; 334 ALR 369; (2016) 90 ALJR 1027 High Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 5 Sep 2016 AustLII flag 53
"Legislation Which Bears No Law" (2016) 37 (3) Statute Law Review 212 Statute Law Review United Kingdom circa 2016 HeinOnline / LexisNexis flag 1
Day v Australian Electoral Officer (SA) (2016) 261 CLR 1 Australia - Commonwealth circa 2016 Legal Online / Westlaw flag 7
"Marriage Equality Law and the Tale of Three Cities: How the Unimaginable Became Inevitable and Even Desirable" (2016) 22 Auckland University Law Review 11 Auckland University Law Review New Zealand circa 2016 NZLII flag 2
"The use of proportionality in Australian constitutional law" (2016) 27 Public Law Review 109 Public Law Review Australia circa 2016 Legal Online flag 6
"The Core of the Australian Constitutional People - 'The People' as 'the Electors'" (2016) 39 University of New South Wales Law Journal 421 University of New South Wales Law Journal Australia circa 2016 AustLII flag 6
"The Constitutional and Regulatory Dimensions of Plebiscites in Australia" (2016) 27 Public Law Review 290 Public Law Review Australia circa 2016 Legal Online flag 6
McCloy v New South Wales [2015] HCA 34; (2015) 257 CLR 178; (2015) 325 ALR 15; (2015) 89 ALJR 857 High Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 7 Oct 2015 AustLII flag 211
"Plebiscites and Referenda" (2015) 89 Australian Law Journal 832 Australian Law Journal Australia circa 2015 Legal Online flag 3
"s Scrutiny of Delegated Legislative Power" (2015) 15 Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal 3 Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal United Kingdom circa 2015 HeinOnline / Informit flag 3
Williams v Commonwealth of Australia [2014] HCA 23; (2014) 252 CLR 416; (2014) 309 ALR 41; (2014) 88 ALJR 701 High Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 19 Jun 2014 AustLII flag 72
"Post-Williams Expenditure-When Can the Commonwealth and States Spend Public Money without Parliamentary Authorisation?" (2014) 33 University of Queensland Law Journal 9 University of Queensland Law Journal Australia circa 2014 AustLII flag 5
Commonwealth v Australian Capital Territory [2013] HCA 55; (2013) 250 CLR 441; (2013) 304 ALR 204; (2013) 88 ALJR 118 High Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 12 Dec 2013 AustLII flag 65
"Compulsory Voting in a Representative Democracy: Choice, Compulsion and the Maximisation of Participation in Australian Elections" (2013) 13 (2) Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal 283 Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal United Kingdom circa 2013 HeinOnline / Informit flag 1
Williams v Commonwealth [2012] HCA 23; (2012) 248 CLR 156; (2012) 288 ALR 410; (2012) 86 ALJR 713 High Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 20 Jun 2012 AustLII flag 153
"The three 'RS' of recent Australian judicial activism: 'Roach, Rowe' and (no)'riginalism" (2012) 36 Melbourne University Law Review 743 Melbourne University Law Review Australia circa 2012 AustLII flag 10
"Rowe v Electoral Commissioner - Evolution or Creationism?" (2012) 31 University of Queensland Law Journal 181 University of Queensland Law Journal Australia circa 2012 AustLII flag 9
"Towards the 'Best Explanation' of the Constitution: Text, Structure, History and Principle in Roach v Electoral Commissioner" (2011) 30 University of Queensland Law Journal 145 University of Queensland Law Journal Australia circa 2011 AustLII flag 7
"The Voting Rights Ratchet: Rowe v Electoral Commissioner" (2011) 22 Public Law Review 83 Public Law Review Australia circa 2011 Legal Online flag 7
Rowe v Electoral Commissioner [2010] HCA 46 High Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 15 Dec 2010 AustLII flag 28
Pape v FCT [2009] HCA 23; (2009) 238 CLR 1; (2009) 257 ALR 1; (2009) 83 ALJR 765; (2009) 72 ATR 580; [2009] ATC 20-116 High Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 7 Jul 2009 AustLII flag 221
Roach v Electoral Commissioner [2007] HCA 43; (2007) 233 CLR 162; 239 ALR 1 High Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth circa 2007 AustLII flag 520
R (Jackson) v Attorney General [2005] UKHL 56; [2006] 1 AC 262; [2005] 4 All ER 1253; [2005] 3 WLR 733 House of Lords United Kingdom 13 Oct 2005 BAILII flag 87
"Do Constitutional Conventions Bind" (2005) 64 Cambridge Law Journal 149 Cambridge Law Journal United Kingdom circa 2005 flag 3
Mulholland v Australian Electoral Commission [2004] HCA 41; (2004) 220 CLR 181; (2004) 209 ALR 582; (2004) 78 ALJR 1279 High Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 8 Sep 2004 AustLII flag 195
Coleman v Power [2004] HCA 39; (2004) 220 CLR 1; (2004) 209 ALR 182; (2004) 78 ALJR 1166 High Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 1 Sep 2004 AustLII flag 533
"Why is the Constitution Binding? Authority, Obligation and the Role of the People" (2004) 25 Adelaide Law Review 103 Adelaide Law Review Australia circa 2004 AustLII flag 12
"Dicey Was Not Diceyan" (2003) 62 (2) Cambridge Law Journal 474 Cambridge Law Journal United Kingdom circa 2003 flag 1
Ruddock v Vadarlis [2001] FCA 1329; (2001) 110 FCR 491; (2001) 183 ALR 1; 66 ALD 25 Federal Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 18 Sep 2001 AustLII flag 210
"Shape of Representative Democracy, The" (2001) 27 Monash University Law Review 1 Monash University Law Review Australia circa 2001 AustLII flag 5
"The Federal Constitutional Right to Vote in Australia" (2000) 28 Federal Law Review 125 Federal Law Review Australia circa 2000 AustLII flag 14
"The conduct of referenda and plebiscites in Australia: a legal perspective" (2000) 11 Public Law Review 117 Public Law Review Australia circa 2000 Legal Online flag 11
Egan v Willis [1998] HCA 71; (1998) 195 CLR 424; 158 ALR 527; 73 ALJR 75 High Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 19 Nov 1998 AustLII flag 173
"Australian Experiments with Community Initiated Referendum CIR for the ACT" (1998) 7 Griffith Law Review 274 Griffith Law Review Australia circa 1998 AustLII flag 3
"Popular Sovereignty and Constitutional Continuity" (1998) 26 Federal Law Review 1 Federal Law Review Australia circa 1998 AustLII flag 24
Lange v Australian Broadcasting Corporation [1997] HCA 25; (1997) 189 CLR 520; (1997) 8 FLR 216; (1997) 145 ALR 96; (1997) 71 ALJR 818; [1997] Aust Torts Reports 81-434; 2 BHRC 513; (1997) 2 CHRLD 231; (1997) 10 Leg Rep 2 High Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 8 Jul 1997 AustLII flag 1221
McGinty v Western Australia [1996] HCA 48; (1996) 186 CLR 140; (1996) 134 ALR 289; (1996) 70 ALJR 200; [1996] 2 Leg Rep 2 High Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 28 Mar 1996 AustLII flag 335
R v Home Department State Secretary; Ex parte Fire Brigades Union [1995] UKHL 3; [1995] 2 AC 513; [1995] 1 All ER 888; [1995] 2 WLR 1 House of Lords United Kingdom 5 Apr 1995 BAILII flag 119
Theophanous v Herald & Weekly Times Ltd [1994] HCA 46; (1994) 182 CLR 104; (1994) 124 ALR 1; (1994) 68 ALJR 713; [1994] Aust Torts Reports 81-297; 34 ALD 1 High Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 12 Oct 1994 AustLII flag 667
"The denizens of democracy: the High Court and the free speech cases" (1994) 5 Public Law Review 160 Public Law Review Australia circa 1994 Legal Online flag 10
Dietrich v R [1992] HCA 57; (1992) 177 CLR 292; (1992) 109 ALR 385; (1992) 67 ALJR 1; 64 A Crim R 176 High Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 13 Nov 1992 AustLII flag 1606
Nationwide News Pty Ltd v Wills [1992] HCA 46; (1992) 177 CLR 1; (1992) 108 ALR 681; (1992) 66 ALJR 658; (1992) 44 IR 282 High Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 30 Sep 1992 AustLII flag 933
Leeth v Commonwealth [1992] HCA 29; (1992) 174 CLR 455; 107 ALR 672; (1992) 66 ALJR 529; 61 A Crim R 85 High Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth circa 1992 AustLII flag 385
Australian Capital Television Pty Ltd v Commonwealth [1992] HCA 45; (1992) 177 CLR 106; 108 ALR 577; (1992) 66 ALJR 695 High Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth circa 1992 AustLII flag 1156
Brown v West [1990] HCA 7; (1990) 169 CLR 195; 91 ALR 197; (1990) 64 ALJR 204 High Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth circa 1990 AustLII flag 170
Davis v The Commonwealth [1988] HCA 63; (1988) 166 CLR 79; (1988) 82 ALR 633; 63 ALJR 35 High Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 6 Dec 1988 AustLII flag 262
Cole v Whitfield [1988] HCA 18; (1988) 165 CLR 360; (1988) 78 ALR 42; (1988) 62 ALJR 303; 76 CA 1954 High Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 2 May 1988 AustLII flag 372
Kirmani v Captain Cook Cruises Pty Ltd (No 1) [1985] HCA 8; (1985) 159 CLR 351; (1985) 58 ALR 29; (1985) 59 ALJR 265 High Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth circa 1985 AustLII flag 77
Victoria v Australian Building Construction Employees' & Builders Labourers' Federation [1982] HCA 31; (1982) 152 CLR 25; 41 ALR 71; 56 ALJR 506 High Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 11 May 1982 AustLII flag 293
R v Toohey; Ex parte Northern Land Council [1981] HCA 74; (1981) 151 CLR 170; 38 ALR 439; 56 ALJR 164 High Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 24 Dec 1981 AustLII flag 397
Attorney-General (Cth); Ex rel McKinlay v The Commonwealth [1975] HCA 53; (1975) 135 CLR 1; (1975) 7 ALR 593; 50 ALJR 279 High Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 1 Dec 1975 AustLII flag 196
Victoria v Commonwealth [1975] HCA 52; (1975) 134 CLR 338; (1975) 7 ALR 277; (1975) 50 ALJR 157 High Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 29 Oct 1975 AustLII flag 235
Judd v McKeon [1926] HCA 33; (1926) 38 CLR 380; 32 ALR 389 High Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 11 Sep 1926 AustLII flag 51
FCT v Munro [1926] HCA 58; (1926) 38 CLR 153; (1926) 32 ALR 339 High Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 25 Aug 1926 AustLII flag 364
Auckland Harbour Board v R [1924] AC 318 United Kingdom circa 1924 LexisNexis / Westlaw flag 150
R v Smithers; Ex parte Benson [1912] HCA 96; (1912) 16 CLR 99; 19 ALR 209 High Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 17 Dec 1912 AustLII flag 105
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