People Power, 9781742237985
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Australia’s referendums: A history of failure, and a roadmap for success.

People Power

how australian referendums are lost and won

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  • Paperback

    368 pages

  • Release Date

    31 August 2024

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Summary

People Power: A History of Australian Referendums

WHY HAS SUCCESS BEEN SO RARE IN AUSTRALIAN REFERENDUMS?

From the failed attempt to ban communism in 1951 to the unsuccessful Voice referendum in 2023, Australians have been cautious about constitutional change, voting ‘Yes’ to only eight out of 45 referendum proposals.

In People Power, the only full history of constitutional change in Australia, constitutional experts George Williams and David Hume closely ex…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781742237985
ISBN-10:1742237983
Author:George Williams, David Hume
Publisher:NewSouth Publishing
Imprint:NewSouth Publishing
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:368
Release Date:31 August 2024
Weight:480g
Dimensions:234mm x 153mm
About The Author

George Williams

George Williams is the Vice-Chancellor and President of Western Sydney University. He previously served as Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Dean of Law and Anthony Mason Professor at the University of New South Wales. He is a leading constitutional lawyer whose books include Australian Constitutional Law and Theory, The Oxford Companion to the High Court of Australia and How to Rule Your Own Country: The Weird and Wonderful World of Micronations. He has appeared as a barrister in the High Court and led major public inquiries.

David Hume is a Barrister at the New South Wales Bar and a Fellow of the Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law. David has appeared in more than 30 cases in the High Court of Australia, including many constitutional cases. He has previously worked for the Constitutional Litigation Unit at the Australian Government Solicitor, as a Solicitor at Freehills and as the Associate to Chief Justice Murray Gleeson. He has a Masters of Laws from Harvard Law School, which he attended as a General Sir John Monash Scholar and Frank Knox Memorial Fellow. He has university medals in Law and Philosophy from the University of New South Wales.

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