Steffen Ganghof has described the Australian system at both national and state levels as ‘semi-parliamentarian’ since governments do not need to maintain the confidence of the upper chambers to survive. Rodney Smith traces how Australia’s upper houses have evolved and established distinct, strengthened mechanisms of executive scrutiny
Without strong upper houses, parliaments cannot rely on watchdogs alone to guard against bad governm...
The Australian general election held under the Alternative Vote has produced an evenly divided Parli...
As support for established political parties wane and the electorate becomes more volatile, minority...
Australia has developed a unique semi-parliamentary system of government, writes Steffen Ganghof, wh...
Australia’s ‘hybrid’ executive-legislative relationship, whereby the two chambers of parliament have...
The concept of semi-parliamentarianism provides a parsimonious classificatory description of Austral...
Parliamentary institutions have undergone a revival internationally during the last twenty years. As...
The Australian Senate has proved to be somewhat of an enigma within the institutional framework of ...
Strong upper houses are a distinctive and important part of Australia\u27s constitutional heritage. ...
This thesis presents an examination of bicameralism as it operates in Australia. The specific focus ...
The framers of the Australian Constitution adopted a set of institutions which they called responsib...
Parliamentary institutions have undergone a revival internationally during the last twenty years. As...
I have examined the political system in New South Wales from 1856 to 1870 to show how parliamentary ...
It is desirable for a constitution, as a power-limiting device, to possess significant rigidity or, ...
In a democracy, a constitutional separation of powers between the executive and the assembly may be ...
Without strong upper houses, parliaments cannot rely on watchdogs alone to guard against bad governm...
The Australian general election held under the Alternative Vote has produced an evenly divided Parli...
As support for established political parties wane and the electorate becomes more volatile, minority...
Australia has developed a unique semi-parliamentary system of government, writes Steffen Ganghof, wh...
Australia’s ‘hybrid’ executive-legislative relationship, whereby the two chambers of parliament have...
The concept of semi-parliamentarianism provides a parsimonious classificatory description of Austral...
Parliamentary institutions have undergone a revival internationally during the last twenty years. As...
The Australian Senate has proved to be somewhat of an enigma within the institutional framework of ...
Strong upper houses are a distinctive and important part of Australia\u27s constitutional heritage. ...
This thesis presents an examination of bicameralism as it operates in Australia. The specific focus ...
The framers of the Australian Constitution adopted a set of institutions which they called responsib...
Parliamentary institutions have undergone a revival internationally during the last twenty years. As...
I have examined the political system in New South Wales from 1856 to 1870 to show how parliamentary ...
It is desirable for a constitution, as a power-limiting device, to possess significant rigidity or, ...
In a democracy, a constitutional separation of powers between the executive and the assembly may be ...
Without strong upper houses, parliaments cannot rely on watchdogs alone to guard against bad governm...
The Australian general election held under the Alternative Vote has produced an evenly divided Parli...
As support for established political parties wane and the electorate becomes more volatile, minority...