In Australia in contrast, such things would be deemed unconstitutional - it needs referendum by the people in additional to parliamentary approval as well.
14 posted on 09/09/2006 3:13:43 AM PDT by NZerFromHK
(The languages may be dialects, but America is different from the Anglo world due to US Founding.)
Australia has a single "rigid" Constitution. Canada's Constitution consists of 14 different documents and until recently, the only body that could amend the nation's supreme law was the British Parliament!
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15 posted on 09/09/2006 3:16:04 AM PDT by goldstategop
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