About the Constitution

These fact sheets contain information about the Australian Constitution and constitutional system. They were prepared by the Centre for Comparative Constitutional Studies for the The Constitutional Centenerary Foundation in 2000.

WARNING: They have not been updated since then and may be out-of-date. They will be progressively updated during 2007.  

 For more information on the Constitutional Centenary Foundation, visit the Collaboration and Consultancy page.

• Fact Sheet 1.1 - About Constitutions
• Fact Sheet 1.2 - About Australia's Constitutions 
• Fact Sheet 1.3 - The Making of Australia's Constitutions
• Fact Sheet 1.4 - Key Constitutional Terms
• Fact Sheet 1.5 - Australia's Independence
• Fact Sheet 1.6 - The Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 
• Fact Sheet 1.7 - Australia's Constitutional Preamble  
• Fact Sheet 1.8 - Preambles in Other Countries
• Fact Sheet 1.9 - State Constitutions
• Fact Sheet 1.9 - NSW State Constitution 
• Fact Sheet 1.9 - QLD State Constitution 
• Fact Sheet 1.9 - SA State Constitution
• Fact Sheet 1.9 - Tas State Constitution
• Fact Sheet 1.9 - Vic State Constitution 
• Fact Sheet 1.9 - WA State Constitution
• Fact Sheet 2.1 - The Head of State in Australia 
• Fact Sheet 2.2 - The Role of the Head of State 
• Fact Sheet 2.3 - Other Models for a Head of State
• Fact Sheet 2.4 - Designing a Republic Model for Australia
• Fact Sheet 2.5 - A Republic and the States
• Fact Sheet 2.6 - Amending the Constitution for a Republic
• Fact Sheet 3.1 - What Parliaments do
• Fact Sheet 3.2 - Responsible Government in Australia
• Fact Sheet 3.3 - The House of Representatives
• Fact Sheet 3.4 - The Senate 
• Fact Sheet 3.5 - Relations between Houses of Parliament
• Fact Sheet 3.6 - The Executive
• Fact Sheet 4.1 - Protecting Rights
• Fact Sheet 4.4 - Freedom of Speech 
• Fact Sheet 5.1 - Citizenship
• Fact Sheet 5.2 - Citizenship in Australia
• Fact Sheet 5.3 - Citizenship in the Australian System
• Fact Sheet 6.6 - The Scope of Commonwealth Powers and External Affairs
• Fact Sheet 6.7 - New States
• Fact Sheet 6.8 - The Position of the Territories
• Fact Sheet 7.3 - The Appointment of Judges
• Fact Sheet 7.4 - The Role of Judges
• Fact Sheet 8.1 - The Indigenous People's of Australia and the Constitution
• Fact Sheet 8.2 - Section 25 of the Constitution
• Fact Sheet 9.1 - Changing the Australian Constitution