General

http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/rn/1997-98/98rn25.htm - the Governor General's reserve powers

http://www.hawkesbury.local-e.nsw.gov.au/community/ files/Depression1929.pdf

http://www.nma.gov.au/primeministers/3.htm

http://www.naa.gov.au/the_collection/prime_ministers/scullin.html

http://www.nma.gov.au/primeministers/23.htm

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Democracy Explained

http://www4.gu.edu.au/ext/civics/cv02/mod02/cv02m02t02.htm - read only the introduction and the first part of the section about the Historical Background

Two excerpts from the Discovering Democracy Lower Secondary Units book, pp. 27 and 28. The first explains representative democracy. The second answers the question Why have a bicameral parliament?

Look at the Discovering Democracy CD ROM Stories of Democracy, Lower Secondary Units "Should the People Rule" for information on Democracy in Athens, Direct Democracy in Switzerland today and Representative Democracy in Australia for background information.

http://www.humanities.mq.edu.au/Ockham/y67xa.html - a scholarly article from Macquarie University

http://www.dfat.gov.au/aib/country.html - information from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

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The Commonwealth Constitution - From the Office of the Prime Minister
http://www.dpmc.gov.au/docs/constitution.cfm#B61

The House of Representatives - http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/general/constitution/par3cha1.htm

The Senate - http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/general/constitution/par2cha1.htm

The Governor- General and the role of the Executive -
http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/general/constitution/chapter2.htm

Selected Powers of the Governor General - extracts from the Commonwealth Constitution
including the powers of the Governor General, Casual vacancies

Article 57 of the Constitution regarding disagreement between the Houses and the power of the Governor General to intervene if government cannot continue

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The New South Wales Constitution

The Constitution - http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol%5fact/ca1902188/

Look on this page for selected powers of the Governor in sections similar to the Federal Constitution including appointment, powers to appoint ministers,

An introduction - http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/sites/nswconstitution/ htm/default.htm

Appointment of the Governor and his powers - http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/sites/nswconstitution/html/3rd/bgr/overview.html

More on his powers - http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/sites/nswconstitution/html/3rd/bgr/invest3.html

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Jack Lang's Dismissal

http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/sites/nswconstitution/html/dismissal/bgr/invest4a.html - a detailed summary of the situation in New South Wales at the time of Lang's dismissal summarising the correspondence between Australia and the UK - a very good source but rather heavy going. It does, however, give a point of view from outside Australia. The section on Lang's dismissal is a couple of pages down the document.

http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/sites/nswconstitution/html/dismissal/bgr/invest1.html - a general overview of the situation

http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/sites/nswconstitution/htm/premier00.htm - the main page from which the above two pages link

http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/sites/nswconstitution/htm/premier04.htm - some media responses to Lang's dismissal

http://www.curriculum.edu.au/democracy/classroom/new2003/151_54.pdf - a summary of Lang's political life

http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/web/PHWebContent.nsf/PHPages/PastandPresentDepressionandCrisis19301939?OpenDocument

http://www.naa.gov.au/Publications/fact_sheets/FS96.html

http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/sites/nswconstitution/html/dismissal/media/print1.html#top

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Gough Whitlam's Dismissal - three versions

http://whitlamdismissal.com/ check out the Political and Constitutional Issues

http://www.naa.gov.au/Publications/fact_sheets/fs216.html

http://whitlam.alp.org.au/bio.html

http://whitlam.naa.gov.au/

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Additional Discovering Democracy Materials

Parliament@Work - http://www.parliament.curriculum.edu.au/comm.php3

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The Republic Debate

http://www.republic.org.au/process/process.htm - the Australian Republican Movement website - the way forward page

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