The Constitution

Question 0

Section 23

Answer 0

(A) changed 39 “heads of power” to 40.

Question 1

Section 7

Answer 1

Outlines the responsibilities of a member of parliament.

Question 2

Section 24

Answer 2

Outlines the responsibilities of a member of parliament.

Question 3

Section 51 (i)

Answer 3

Specifies power if trade and commerce with other countries and between states.

Question 4

Section 51 (ii)

Answer 4

Specifies the power of taxation.

Question 5

Section 52 (v)

Answer 5

Gives the Commonwealth the power to legislate on “postal, telegraphic, telephone and other like services”.

Question 6

Section 51 (vi)

Answer 6

Gives the commonwealth the power to raise a naval and military force. Section 114 makes this an exclusive power.

Question 7

Section 51 (xii)

Answer 7

Gives the power to make coinage. Section 115 makes it an exclusive power.

Question 8

Section 51 (xxi)

Answer 8

Marriage.

Question 9

Section 51 (xxvi)

Answer 9

Changed under the 1967 referendum so that people of any race who it was deemed necessary to make special laws for falls under the power of the commonwealth and states.

Question 10

Section 51 (xxix)

Answer 10

The “external affairs power interpreted in the Franklin Dam Case

Question 11

Section 51 (xxxvii)

Answer 11

Gives the Commonwealth power over any matters referred to it by the states.

Question 12

Section 71

Answer 12

Establishes the High Court in Australia.

Question 13

Section 76

Answer 13

Gives the Commonwealth the power to establish the High court with the jurisdiction to hear disputes arising under the constitution or concerning the interpretation of the constitution.

Question 14

Section 106

Answer 14

Restricts the commonwealth from interfering with the state’s powers.

Question 15

Section 108

Answer 15

Restricts the Commonwealth from interfering in the state’s powers.

Question 16

Section 109

Answer 16

Resolves conflict between commonwealth and state parliaments in relation to concurrent powers. If the state law is inconsistent with the commonwealth, than the commonwealth will prevail to the extent of the inconsistency between the two pieces if legislation. The inconsistent part of the state’s legislation will then become invalid.

Question 17

Section 114

Answer 17

Restricts the states from raising a naval or military force.

Question 18

Section 115

Answer 18

Restricts the states from coining their own money.

Question 19

Section 127

Answer 19

Deleted in the 1967 referendum, so that indigenous people could be counted in the census.

Question 20

Section 128

Answer 20

Prevents the Commonwealth from changing the constitution at will. It is therefore necessary to hold a referendum before the constitution can be changed.