Politicisation of the judiciary
There are occasionally calls to change the way we appoint judges. Some say we should follow the American system where Supreme Court judges – roughly the equivalent of our High Court – are nominated...
Dated articles from what was previously known as HOT NEWS written by Prof David Flint AMDISCLAIMER Articles have been scanned using OCR software, although every effort has been made to ensure accuracy it cannot be guaranteed.
Financial crisis: The Queen asks “.Why did nobody notice?”
"Why, the Queen asked recently, did nobody notice? She was talking about the credit crunch and the pertinent question wrong-footed academics at the London School of Economics, who were presumably expecting chit-chat rather than...
A disreputable and dishonest distraction, that subversion of the Constitution Part 1
The constitutional safeguards are there "…not to prevent or indefinitely resist change…but in order to prevent change being made in haste...
Serbia and the Senate
Dear Supporter, ACM takes no position on world affairs, or on other people's constitutions. However, the situation in many other countries does provide lessons for us. It is interesting then to consider what...
Republicans Fall Out – Again
It was a sad feature of the French revolution that onetime republican allies against the ancient regime soon fell out and were at one another's throats, literally. In each round of bitter disputation, the...
Republican Myths
Facts are facts. Canada is not a republic. The Constitution was not drafted in the British ForeignOffice. Australia is an independent country. Are these far too frequent republican lapses the result of ignorance, or...
HE DOESN’T WANT TO CHANGE OUR FLAG TOO, DOES HE?
Mr Mark Latham has already indicated he wishes to change the very core of our Constitution. Worse, knowing as everyone does, that the republicans will not be able to win if they follow the...
WAS AUSTRALIA ABANDONED? ANOTHER MYTH EXPOSED!
It is unfortunate that some of those intent on making fundamental changes to our Constitution feel the need to justify this, either by promising that some unlikely benefits will flow from our being a...
AUSTRALIANS COOL ON REPUBLIC – HERALD POLL
A Sydney Morning Herald Poll published today finds Australians have cooled on the idea of a republic,notwithstanding Mark Latham's pledge to revive the issue in two annual plebiscites culminating in a referendum in 2007....
HEADS OF STATE – IRAQ OPTS FOR THREE!
While ACM obviously has no policy about the way other countries govern themselves, or on the legality and propriety of the war, recent constitutional developments in Iraq may be of some interest to ourreaders. ...
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