A century ago, Dicey distinguished between laws and conventions of the constitution on the basis that the latter […]
Category Archive: Australia
On Wednesday, 21 November, the House of Lords Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee (the ‘Lords Committee’) held […]
Australia’s readiness to change Prime Ministers is not matched by its readiness to change the Australian Constitution. While […]
On Easter Sunday, it was revealed that Nauru had withdrawn from the bilateral treaty which gave Nauruan residents […]
Could Australia’s next king be a Muslim, a Catholic or some other non-Anglican? The answer according to the […]
It has been reported that the Deputy Prime Minister of Australia, Barnaby Joyce, has referred himself to the […]
Writing recently Tom Hickman raised the vital issue that fear of an adverse cost order can prevent potential […]
The US election just passed has made many people wonder about the merits of democracy. If an election […]
On a far smaller scale that currently being experienced in Europe, Australia has had an issue with asylum […]
Australia is an exception when it comes to the legal protection of human rights. It remains the only […]