CCF – The Parliament
There was speculation that the Prime Minister was going to pull a rabbit out of a hat and force the Senate to return and consider the ABCC Bill. This Bill has been through the House twice and the Senate once, if it is rejected by the Senate again it will become a double dissolution trigger.
Last night the Australian Citizenship Amendment (Allegiance to Australia) Bill 2015 passed through the Senate. You may have heard many constitutional experts, some politicians, the Human Rights Commission and the media say that the laws might be unconstitutional.
In light of the Paris attacks that immediately followed the bombing in Beirut, this week we will take a closer look at the constant renegotiation of the balance between our personal rights and individual freedoms, and the need to restrict civil liberties to protect the whole Australian community
On Monday 16 October, on ABC’s Lateline Opposition Infrastructure Spokesman Anthony Albanese was asked about the Newspoll published earlier that day. The Australian newspaper poll showed the Government and Labor deadlocked if an election were to be held this week.
Today’s CCF commences what we expect to be a major task to correct Constitutional myths and dubious facts.
It turns out that Generation X and Y are not apathetic. They’re just not interested in involving themselves in politics in the same way as previous generations.
The importance of the principles enunciated in the Magna Carta cannot be underestimated. Magna Carta has influenced common and constitutional law as well as political representation and the development of Parliament.
After the budget announcement on Tuesday night we thought it might be time to take a closer look at what the Constitution says about Government spending.
The Treasurer Joe Hockey has announced that he will hold town-hall meetings across the country in the coming months to start a conversation about the future of Australia after handing down the intergenerational report.
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