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The pros and cons of a Queensland senate : Comments
By Rodney Crisp, published 20/8/2009Having a senate in Queensland won't help the fact that two-thirds of Queenslanders think they are being over-governed.
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The Commonwealth of Australia is a POLITICAL UNION like the European Union. You do not call for France, Germany, The Netherlands, England and all other States to get rid of their own Parliaments and government do you?
The Commonwealth never was a “dominion” like Canada and New Zealand but exist by agreement (POLITICAL UNION).
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Hansard 2-3-1898 Constitution Convention Debates
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Mr. SYMON ( South Australia ).-
In the preamble honorable members will find that what we desire to do is to unite in one indissoluble Federal Commonwealth -that is the political Union-"under the Crown of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , and under the Constitution hereby established."
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That is, for admission into this political Union, which is not a republic, which is not to be called a dominion, kingdom, or empire, but is to be a Union by the name of "Commonwealth," and I do not propose to interfere with that in the slightest degree.
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The States are so to say countries in their own rights.
Laws that might suit one part of the continent may not serve the opposite part of the continent.
It appears to me you do not understand the federal structure at all.
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Overlapping of legislation can only occur if a Parliament legislate unconstitutionally.
Federation was not to deny each State (former colonies) its independents but merely under the federation have mutual laws for external matters mainly while as much as possible maintain each State sovereign position.