TWO DISMISSALS

jack lang - gough whitlam

DEMOCRACY? AT WORK?

This is Article 57 of the Australian Constitution, as amended in 1986, regarding disagreement between the Houses and the powers of the Governor General

Disagreement between the Houses.

57
. If the House of Representatives passes any proposed law, and the Senate rejects or fails to pass it, or passes it with amendments to which the House of Representatives will not agree, and if after an interval of three months the House of Representatives, in the same or the next session, again passes the proposed law with or without any amendments which have been made, suggested, or agreed to by the Senate, and the Senate rejects or fails to pass it, or passes it with amendments to which the House of Representatives will not agree, the Governor-General may dissolve the Senate and the House of Representatives simultaneously. But such dissolution shall not take place within six months before the date of the expiry of the House of Representatives by effluxion of time.

index || scenario || task || process || assessment || outcomes ||
resources || student feedback || teachers' page

Top