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    The Australia Act 1986 is the short title of each of a pair of separate but related pieces of legislation: one an act of the Parliament of Australia, the...
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    The Constitution Act 1986 is an Act of the New Zealand Parliament that forms a major part of the constitution of New Zealand. It lays down the framework...
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    Adoption Act 1942 (Cth)". Federal Register of Legislation. "Australia Act 1986 (Cth)". Federal Register of Legislation. "Australia Act 1986 (UK)". legislation...
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  • (Appeals from the High Court) Act 1975 closed almost all routes of appeal from the High Court. The Australia Act 1986 eliminated appeals from State Supreme...
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    with the Australia Act 1986, no foreign government can advise the monarch on any matters pertinent to Australia; on all matters of the Australian Commonwealth...
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    Complete legislative independence was finally established by the Australia Act 1986, passed by the United Kingdom Parliament. It removed the possibility...
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  • 1788 Australian independence: Constitution of Australia, 1901 Statute of Westminster 1931 Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1942 Australia Act 1986 Barbadian...
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    regulations is the Australian Citizenship Act 2007, which came into force on 1 July 2007 and is applicable in all states and territories of Australia. All persons...
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    effective from 1939; it has thus become part of Australia. Each external territory is regulated by an Act of the federal Parliament. These Acts contain...
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  • The following lists events that happened during 1986 in Australia. Monarch — Elizabeth II Governor-General — Sir Ninian Stephen Prime Minister — Bob Hawke...
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    Validity Act rests with the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Statute of Westminster 1931 Canada Act 1982 Australia Act 1986 Constitution Act 1986 Text of...
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    the Australian court hierarchy since the passing of the Australia Act 1986. In a May 2017 speech, Justice Virginia Bell observed that "few Australians outside...
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    the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act, which itself can now be altered only by Australia, according to the Australia Act 1986; in that way, the...
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  • the passage of the Statute of Westminster Adoption Act on 9 October 1942. The Australia Act 1986 eliminated the last vestiges of British legal authority...
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    Constitution of Tasmania (category State constitutions of Australia)
    Parliament passed the Australia Acts (Request) Act 1985 (Tas), which was followed by the Australia Act 1986 (Cth) and Australia Act 1986 (UK). and Commonwealth...
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    islands. Longman. ISBN 978-0-5820-2127-3. "Australia Act 1986 (Cth)". Documenting a Democracy. Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House. Archived...
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    enacting of the Australia Act 1986. There has been a degree of support by some in recent years for making Anzac Day, 25 April, Australia's national day,...
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    May 2019 "Australia Act 1986 (Cth)". Museum of Australian Democracy. Archived from the original on 22 April 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2019. A.C.T. Self-Government...
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    the Constitution of Australia and supplementary legislation. The High Court was established following the passage of the Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth). Its authority...
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  • Westminster Adoption Act 1942, Australia Act 1986. Archived 10 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine, ComLaw, Government of Australia (2003) ISBN 0 642 78285...
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    Western Australian secession referendum 1977 Nevis independence referendum West Indies Associated States Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1942 (effective...
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    United Kingdom and Australia ended in 1986 with the passing of the Australia Act 1986. Formal economic relations between the two countries declined following...
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    Australian Capital Territory (known in short as the ACT Legislative Assembly) is the unicameral legislature of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT)...
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    Society of Australia [1956] HCA 10, (1956) 94 CLR 254 "Australia Act 1986". Federal Register of Legislation. Attorney-General's Department (Australia). 4 December...
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    crisis of World War II. The Australia Act 1986 removed any remaining links between the British Parliament and the Australian states. From 1 February 1927...
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  • Westminster 1931. In Australia, extraterritorial jurisdiction of the state parliaments was authorized by s.2 of the Australia Act 1986. The Criminal Code...
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    Standard Time Act 2005 Australian Central Standard Time (ACST) – UTC+09:30 South Australia – Standard Time Act 2009 and the Daylight Saving Act 1971 Northern...
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    Tax Reform Act of 1986 (TRA) was passed by the 99th United States Congress and signed into law by President Ronald Reagan on October 22, 1986. The Tax Reform...
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    Politics portal Patriation Canadian sovereignty Australia Act 1986 New Zealand Constitution Act 1986 Canada Act 1982, s. 3. "Canada in the Making – Constitutional...
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    Colony of New South Wales (category 1788 establishments in Australia)
    state of Australia. In the Australia Act 1986, the states of Australia achieved independence from the United Kingdom as constituents of Australian confederation...
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