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Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act (1900, last amended 1977)

Updated: June 2015

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Section 7 states:

The Senate shall be composed of senators for each State, directly chosen by the people of the State, voting, until the Parliament otherwise provides, as one electorate….

 

Section 8 states:

The qualification of electors of senators shall be in each State that which is prescribed by this Constitution, or by the Parliament, as the qualification for electors of members of the House of Representatives; but in the choosing of senators each elector shall vote only once.

 

Section 41 states:

No adult person who has or acquires a right to vote at elections for the more numerous House of the Parliament of a State shall, while the right continues, be prevented by any law of the Commonwealth from voting at elections for either House of the Parliament of the Commonwealth.

 

Excerpts from the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act (1900, last amended 1977)

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Section 72 states:

The Justices of the High Court and of the other courts created by the Parliament:… (ii) shall not be removed except by the Governor-General in Council, on an address from both Houses of the Parliament in the same session, praying for such removal on the ground of proved misbehaviour or incapacity…

 

Section 103 states:

The members of the Inter-State Commission…

  • (ii) shall hold office for seven years, but may be removed within that time by the Governor-General in Council, on an address from both Houses of the Parliament in the same session praying for such removal on the ground of proved misbehaviour or incapacity…

 

Excerpts from the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act (1900, last amended 1977)