Australian Constitution

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constitutional law instrument foundational legal document written constitution

The Australian Constitution is the foundational legal document that establishes the structure, powers, and functions of Australia's federal system of government and its key institutions.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
Constitution of Australia	32
Australian Constitution canonical	30
Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900	12
Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 (UK)	3
Australian Constitution (post-1967 referendum)	1
Australian Constitution (through 1967 referendum changes)	1
Australian Constitution in federal matters	1
Australian Constitution in relation to federal elections	1
Chapter III of the Australian Constitution	1
Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 (UK), covering clauses and Constitution	1
Constitutional framework of Australia	1

Statements (68)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional law instrument ⓘ foundational legal document ⓘ written constitution ⓘ
allocatesPowersBetween	Commonwealth ⓘ States ⓘ
allowsFor	admission or establishment of new States ⓘ alteration of State boundaries with consent ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Australian Constitution ⓘ surface form: Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 (UK), covering clauses and Constitution
amendmentProcedure	referendum under Section 128 ⓘ
assentedToOn	1900-07-09 ⓘ
bindingOn	Commonwealth government ⓘ State governments ⓘ courts of Australia ⓘ
cameIntoForceWith	Commonwealth of Australia ⓘ surface form: Federation of Australia
commencedOn	1901-01-01 ⓘ
contains	a small number of express rights ⓘ
containsSchedule	covering clauses preceding the Constitution proper ⓘ
containsSection	Section 109 ⓘ Section 128 ⓘ Section 51 ⓘ Section 52 ⓘ Section 61 ⓘ Section 71 ⓘ Section 92 ⓘ Section 96 ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
defines	Commonwealth of Australia ⓘ
doesNotContain	comprehensive bill of rights ⓘ
enactedBy	British Parliament ⓘ surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
establishes	Parliament of Australia ⓘ surface form: Commonwealth Parliament Executive Government of the Commonwealth ⓘ Governor-General of Australia ⓘ surface form: Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia High Court of Australia ⓘ House of Representatives ⓘ Senate ⓘ federal judiciary ⓘ federal system of government ⓘ
executivePowerVestedIn	Queen and exercisable by Governor-General ⓘ
expressRight	freedom of religion (Section 116) ⓘ just terms compensation for acquisition of property (Section 51(xxxi)) ⓘ non-discrimination against residents of other States (Section 117) ⓘ right to trial by jury for certain Commonwealth offences (Section 80) ⓘ
federationDate	1901-01-01 ⓘ
headOfStateRoleDefinedBy	provisions relating to the Crown and Governor-General ⓘ
impliedRight	freedom of political communication (as interpreted by High Court) ⓘ
influencedBy	Constitution Act, 1867 ⓘ surface form: Canadian Constitution (British North America Act 1867) United Kingdom constitutional conventions ⓘ United States Constitution ⓘ
interpretedBy	High Court of Australia ⓘ
judicialPowerVestedIn	High Court of Australia ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalSystem	common law ⓘ
legislativePowerVestedIn	Parliament of Australia ⓘ surface form: Federal Parliament
originalJurisdictionOfHighCourt	defined in Section 75 and Section 76 ⓘ
originallyAppliedTo	six Australian colonies ⓘ
partOf	Australian Constitution self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 (UK)
providesFor	bicameral federal parliament ⓘ constitutional monarchy ⓘ division of powers between Commonwealth and States ⓘ referendum process for constitutional amendment ⓘ responsible government ⓘ
requiresForAmendment	majority of voters in a majority of States ⓘ national majority of voters ⓘ
shortTitle	Australian Constitution self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900
status	supreme law of Australia ⓘ
subjectTo	constitutional conventions ⓘ
supremacyClause	Section 109 gives Commonwealth law precedence over inconsistent State law ⓘ
tradeProvision	Section 92 guarantees freedom of interstate trade and commerce ⓘ

Referenced by (84)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Senate of Australia → constitutionalBasis → Australian Constitution ⓘ

Senate of Australia → createdBy → Australian Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900

Parliament of Australia → createdBy → Australian Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Constitution of Australia

Parliament of Australia → constitutionalBasis → Australian Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900

House of Representatives of Australia → createdBy → Australian Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900

House of Representatives of Australia → constitutionalBasis → Australian Constitution ⓘ

Government of New South Wales → subordinateTo → Australian Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Constitution of Australia

Dominion of Australia → establishedBy → Australian Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900

Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly → isSubjectTo → Australian Constitution ⓘ

Australia Act 1986 → affects → Australian Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900

High Court of Australia → interprets → Australian Constitution ⓘ

High Court of Australia → constitutionalBasis → Australian Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chapter III of the Australian Constitution

Governor-General of Australia → officeCreatedBy → Australian Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900

Governor-General of Australia → constitutingInstrument → Australian Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Constitution of Australia

King of Australia → constitutionalBasis → Australian Constitution ⓘ

Aboriginal Australians → recognizedBy → Australian Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australian Constitution (post-1967 referendum)

Australian Constitution → alsoKnownAs → Australian Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 (UK), covering clauses and Constitution

Australian Constitution → shortTitle → Australian Constitution self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900

Australian Constitution → partOf → Australian Constitution self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 (UK)

Government of Western Australia → governingDocument → Australian Constitution ⓘ

Government of Western Australia → subordinateTo → Australian Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Constitution of Australia

Australian government → foundationDocument → Australian Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Constitution of Australia

Government of South Australia → subordinateTo → Australian Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australian Constitution in federal matters

Section 24 of the Australian Constitution → partOf → Australian Constitution ⓘ

the House → establishedBy → Australian Constitution ⓘ

Queensland Government → subordinateTo → Australian Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Constitution of Australia

Constitution of Queensland → subjectTo → Australian Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Constitution of Australia

Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives → legalBasis → Australian Constitution ⓘ

President of the Australian Senate → createdBy → Australian Constitution ⓘ

President of the Australian Senate → associatedWith → Australian Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900

Common law of New South Wales → constrainedBy → Australian Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Constitution of Australia

Queen of Australia → constitutionalBasis → Australian Constitution ⓘ

the Crown in right of Australia → constitutionalBasis → Australian Constitution ⓘ

subject surface form: Crown in right of Australia

this entity surface form: Constitution of Australia

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures → recognizedBy → Australian Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australian Constitution (through 1967 referendum changes)

the Senate → createdBy → Australian Constitution ⓘ

subject surface form: Australian Senate

this entity surface form: Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900

the Senate → constitutionalBasis → Australian Constitution ⓘ

subject surface form: Australian Senate

Australian territories → governedUnder → Australian Constitution ⓘ

Judiciary Act 1903 → basedOn → Australian Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Constitution of Australia

Chief Justice of Australia → legalBasis → Australian Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Constitution of Australia

Full Court of the High Court → authorityFrom → Australian Constitution ⓘ

HCA → establishedBy → Australian Constitution ⓘ

subject surface form: High Court of Australia

this entity surface form: Constitution of Australia

Australian constitutional monarchy → definedBy → Australian Constitution ⓘ

Australian constitutional monarchy → constitutionalDocument → Australian Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900

Australian law → hasSupremeLaw → Australian Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Constitution of Australia

Acts of the Parliament of Australia → governedBy → Australian Constitution ⓘ

Referendum Council → topic → Australian Constitution ⓘ

Crown of Australia → definedIn → Australian Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Constitution of Australia

courts of New South Wales → isSubjectTo → Australian Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Constitution of Australia

Executive Government of the Commonwealth → constitutionalBasis → Australian Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Constitution of Australia

States → federationInstrument → Australian Constitution ⓘ

subject surface form: States of Australia

this entity surface form: Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 (UK)