Was there a convention in 1975 against blocking supply in the Senate?
Автор: Constitutional Clarion
Загружено: 2025-09-24
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The video commences by discussing the Australian Senate's power, under s 53 of the Commonwealth Constitution, to reject supply bills.
This video then discusses what turns a practice into a convention. It notes the definition of a convention as requiring precedents, a belief that a rule is binding, and a reason for it.
It discusses the precedents concerning the blocking of supply at the federal level in Australia. It then focuses on the contradictory statements made by the participants in the supply crisis about whether there was a convention that supply would not be blocked in the Senate. It notes that both sides took different positions depending on whether they were in government or opposition, and that there was no consistent acceptance of a convention at that time.
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