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Vision in Hindsight

The Vision in Hindsight project is a collection of essays that tells the story of how Parliament has fashioned and reworked the intentions of those who crafted the Constitution. Parliament: The Vision in Hindsight, published by Federation Press is a collection of eleven of these essays.

  Title
Date

1.

Federal Parliament's Changing Role in Treaty Making and External Affairs [HTML] (PDF)
Research Paper no. 15 1999-2000, Anne Twomey


7 March 2000

2.

Federal-State Financial Relations: The Deakin Prophecy [HTML]  (PDF) Research Paper no. 17 1999-2000, Denis James


4 April 2000

3.

Government Business Enterprises and Public Accountability through Parliament [HTML] (PDF)
Research Paper no. 18 1999-2000, Stephen Bottomley


11 April 2000

4.

Australian Parliamentary Democracy After a Century: What Gains, What Losses? [HTML] (PDF)
Research Paper no. 23 1999-2000, Elaine Thompson


6 June 2000

5.

Rules for Representation: Parliament and the Design of the Australian Electoral System [HTML] (PDF)
Research Paper no. 29 1999-2000, Dr John Uhr


27 June 2000

6.

Parliamentary Privileges [HTML] (PDF)
Research Paper no. 1 2000-01, Professor Enid Campbell


27 July 2000

7.

The Parliament as Partner: A Century of Constitutional Review [HTML] (PDF)      
Research Paper no. 3 2000-01, Professor Cheryl Saunders


15 August 2000

8.

Executive and Hight Court Appointments [HTML] (PDF)
Research Paper no. 7 2000-01, Dr Max Spry


10 October 2000

9.

Resolving Deadlocks in the Australian Parliament [HTML] (PDF)
Research Paper no. 9 2000-01, Professor Jack Richardson


31 October 2000

10.

The Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia and Indigenous Peoples 1901-1967 [HTML] (PDF)
Research Paper no. 10 2000-01, John Summers


31 October 2000

11.

Parliament and Administrative Law [HTML] (PDF)
Research Paper no. 13 2000-01, John McMillan


7 November 2000

12.

Power: Relations Between the Parliament and the Executive [HTML] (PDF)
Research Paper no. 14 2000-01, Jim Chalmers and Dr Glyn Davis


7 November 2000

13.

Parliament's Development of Federalism [HTML] (PDF)
Research Paper no. 26 2000-01, Professor Brian Galligan


26 June 2001

14. The Federal Conciliation and Arbitration Power: from Cradle to the Grave? [HTML] [PDF]
Research Paper no.15 2001-02, Dr Andrew Frazer
 28 May 2002
15. Cheques and Balances [HTML] [PDF]
Research Paper no.16 2001-02, Maurice Kennedy		 28 May 2002
16. Voters and the Franchise: the Federal Story [HTML] [PDF]
Research Paper no.17 2001-02, Jennifer Norberry and George Williams
 28 May 2002
17. Candidates, Members and the Constitution [HTML] [PDF] Research Paper no.18 2001-02, Bob Bennett 28 May 2002

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