LAW314 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Republic Advisory Committee, Anne Twomey, George Winterton
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Week 6 executive power part 1 readings. Bw pp 432-446 (the crown and the governor-general / discussion of 1975 dismissal) and relevant pages of pp 447-503 (executive power) for readings on prerogative power; and. The monarchs of england once rules through autocratic means, making laws and dispensing justice through the courts in the exercise of the royal prerogative. In aus today, the federal executive includes the king or queen, the gg, ministers and public servants. Town investments ltd v department of the environment. Can mean her majesty personally, the constitutional monarch or in reference to rule of law. (diplock, town investments ltd v department for environment. For practical purposes and in everyday use and understanding, it is used for referring to all institutions relating to central government which manages public affairs. It concerned a dispute over the apparent return of a candidate, heather hill, to the australian senate in the 1998 federal election.