Talk:Joint Sitting, Australian parliament, 1974

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[edit] legal challenge

From my shallow reading of history that the petroleum act was disallowed 13 months later but Im unable (at least in the near future) to state succintly why. Any of you young legal eagles out there able? Please help yourselves! Eric A. Warbuton 06:24, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

Not super sure but I think it had something to do with whether or not it had met the technical requirements of s57. In any case it was irrelevant. The other acts were sufficient to allow a double dissolution and the court ruled in Cormack v Cope that even if one of the bills on the original double dissolution writ did not fit the criteria of s57 it did not invalidate the entire process. Shadow007 12:29, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

...And why is this page tagged for cleanup? --Stretch 04:58, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Copyedit required

This article badly requires copy editing for a multitude of reasons:

  • Poor/incorrect citation of Acts and legal cases;
  • Poor/incorrect capitalisation;
  • Such literary gems as:
    • "The Labor party was returned with a reduced majority and, crucially, less than a senate majority to enable his party to legislate."
    • "This led to the historic joint sitting. Its constitionality was clear: from Section 57:"
    • "Consequently, a proclamation by the Governor-General Sir John Kerr on 30 July, for all members of the Senate and the House of Representatives to assemble at the House of Representatives chamber in Parliament House on 6 August was issued."

I could go on but I won't. The article probably needs greater context for a reader unitiated in Australian politcs and/or law as well.

I'll do the copyedit if/when I find the time but I won't complain if someone else does it. Shadow007 07:18, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

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