Appendix F – Bibliography

Parliamentary Inquiries

House of Representatives Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs, Constitutional Change- Select sources on Constitutional change in Australia 1901-1997, Canberra, 1997.

House of Representatives Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs, Reforming our Constitution- a roundtable discussion, Canberra, 2008.

Senate Standing Committee on Finance and Public Administration Legislation, Plebiscite for an Australian Republic Bill 2008, Canberra, 2009.

Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional References, The road to a republic, Canberra, 2004.

Acts and Bills

Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984 (Cth)

 

Referendum (Constitution Alteration) Act 1906 (Cth)

 

Referendum Legislation Amendment Act 1999 (Cth), No. 22, 1999

 

Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 (Cth)

Journal articles

D Freeman, ‘Public Information Machinery and the 1999 Referenda’, Public Law Review, vol. 10, 1999, pp. 243-247.

 

E Campbell, ‘Southey Memorial Lecture 1988: Changing the Constitution- Past and Future’, Melbourne University Law Review, vol. 17, 1989, pp. 1-23.

 

E Campbell, ‘Fashioning and Refashioning the Constitution’, University of New South Wales Law Journal, vol. 24(3), 2001, pp. 620-635.

 

G Craven, ‘Referenda, Plebiscites and Sundry Parliamentary Impedimenta’, Australasian Parliamentary Review, vol. 20(1), 2005, pp. 79-88.

 

G Evans, ‘The “Machinery of Government” Constitutional Referendum Bills’, The Australian Law Journal, vol. 57, 1983, pp. 690-700.

 

G Orr, ‘The Conduct of Referenda and Plebiscites in Australia: A Legal

Perspective’, Public Raw Review, vol 11, 2000, pp. 117-132.

 

G Orr, ‘Electoral Reform as a Tonic for Referenda and Federalism: a Response to Professor Craven’, Australasian Parliamentary Review, vol 20(2), 2005, pp. 83-94.

 

N Stone, ‘The Referendum Debate: A Note on Press Coverage’, Review, March 2001, pp. 29-30.

 

‘The remaking of the Australian Constitution’, The Australian Law Journal, vol. 56(1), 1982, pp. 1-2.

Parliamentary and Committee papers

Australian Electoral Commission, ‘Submission to the Electoral Matters Committee’, The Conduct of the 2001 Federal Election, 2002.

 

Australian Electoral Commission, ‘Yes/No Referendum ‘99’, 1999 Official Referendum pamphlet, 1999.

 

C Saunders, ‘Appendix 7: Referendum Procedures’, Australian Constitutional Convention 1984, Constitutional Amendment Sub-Committee, Report to Standing Committee, 1984

 

C Saunders, ‘The Parliament as Partner: A Century of Constitutional Review’, Research Paper 3 2000-01, 15 August 2000

 

J Warhurst, ‘From Constitutional Convention to Republic Referendum: A Guide to the Processes, the Issues and the Participants’, Research Paper 25 1998-99, 29 June 1999

 

L Lenaz-Hoare, ‘Appendix 5: The History of the “Yes/No” Case in Federal Referendums, and a Suggestion for the Future’, Australian Constitutional Convention 1984, Constitutional Amendment Sub-Committee, Report to Standing Committee, 1984

 

S Bennett and S Brennan, ‘Constitutional Referenda in Australia’, Parliamentary Research Paper 2 1999-2000, 24 August 1999

 

S Brenton, ‘Public Confidence in Australian Democracy’, Democratic Audit Discussion Paper 8/08, 2008

 

Books

J E Richardson, ‘Chapter 3: Reform of the Constitution: The Referendums and Constitutional Convention’, Labor and the Constitution 1972-1975: The Whitlam Years in Australian Government, ed. G Evans, Heinemann, Melbourne, 1977.

 

C Howard and C Saunders, ‘Part Two, VII: Constitutional Amendment and Constitutional Reform in Australia’, Public Policies in Two Federal Countries: Canada and Australia, ed. R L Mathews, Australian National University, Canberra, 1982.

 

J McMillan, G Evans and H Storey, Australia’s Constitution- Time for change?, The Law Foundation of New South Wales, 1983

Media and Online resources

Department of Finance and Deregulation, Guidelines on Campaign Advertising by Australian Government Departments and Agencies, Department of Finance and Deregulation, 2008, viewed 10 October 2009, http://www.finance.gov.au/advertising/guidelines-on-campaign-advertising.html

 

Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Electoral Reform Green Paper: Strengthening Australia’s Democracy, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, 2009, viewed 6 November 2009, <http://www.pmc.gov.au/consultation/elect_reform/>.

 

Elections New Zealand, ‘Chapter 7: The Use of Referenda’, Report of the Royal Commission on the Electoral System- Towards a Better Democracy, Elections New Zealand,1986, viewed  10 August 2009, <http://www.elections.org.nz/study/researchers/royal-commission-report-1986.html>.

 

FACTS rules Referendum No case ad misleading, radio program, ABC Radio National, 19 October 1999, viewed 28 September 2009 http://www.abc.net.au/pm/stories/s60585.htm.