The Commonwealth of AustraliaSir I. Pitman & Sons, Limited, 1909 - 354 pages |
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Page 177 - The naval and military defence of the Commonwealth and of the several States, and the control of the forces to execute and maintain the laws of the Commonwealth...
Page 177 - Currency, coinage and legal tender; (xiii) Banking, other than State banking; also State banking extending beyond the limits of the State concerned...
Page 179 - Every power of the Parliament of a Colony which has become or becomes a State, shall, unless it is by this Constitution exclusively vested in The Parliament of the Commonwealth or withdrawn from the Parliament of the State, continue as at the establishment of the Commonwealth, or as at the admission or establishment of the State, as the case may be.
Page 176 - XXXIX. Matters incidental to the execution of any power vested by this constitution in the Parliament or in either house thereof, or in the Government of the Commonwealth, or in the federal judicature, or in any department or officer of the Commonwealth.
Page 178 - Matters incidental to the execution of any power vested by this Constitution in the Parliament or in either House thereof or in the Government of the Commonwealth, or in the Federal Judicature, or in any department or officer of the Commonwealth. 52. The Parliament shall, subject to this Constitution have exclusive power to make laws for the peace, order, and good government of the Commonwealth...
Page 212 - Court shall have original jurisdiction. 76. The Parliament may make laws conferring original jurisdiction on the High Court in any matter (i) Arising under this Constitution, or involving its interpretation: (ii) Arising under any laws made by the Parliament: (iii) Of Admiralty and maritime jurisdiction: (iv) Relating to the same subject-matter claimed under the laws of different States.
Page 178 - Conciliation and arbitration for the prevention and settlement of industrial disputes extending beyond the limits of any one State...
Page 66 - Party defined its objective as follows: (a) the cultivation of an Australian sentiment, based upon the maintenance of racial purity and the development in Australia of an enlightened and self-reliant community. (b) the securing of the full results of their industry to all producers, by the collective ownership of monopolies and the extension of the industrial and economic functions of the State and municipality.
Page 212 - Court upon any question, howsoever arising, as to the limits inter se of the Constitutional powers of the Commonwealth and those of any State or States, or as to the limits inter se of the Constitutional powers of any two or more States...
Page 177 - Foreign corporations, and trading or financial corporations formed within the limits of the Commonwealth.