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Excluded : the impact of section 44 on Australian democracy

Fri May 18 2018

On 17 May the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters has released a report called Excluded which dealt with the impact of section 44 of the Constitution on Australian democracy, the committee recommended that the government hold a referendum to repeal s 44 and 45 of the Constitution or insert "until the parliament otherwise provides". But, the government has suggested that it may not implement the findings, see Citizenship inquiry to recommend referendum, which Turnbull rejects.

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