A Walk On The Wild Side -
Taking A Daily Constitutional
1987 Style.

Part Two Of Two.

Here is another blast from the
past, the subject of this
video is something that rears
it's head from time to time in
this country, usually when
Australians wish to naval gaze
& reflect on who they were,
what are they now & wha
more

A Walk On The Wild Side -
Taking A Daily Constitutional
1987 Style.

Part Two Of Two.

Here is another blast from the
past, the subject of this
video is something that rears
it's head from time to time in
this country, usually when
Australians wish to naval gaze
& reflect on who they were,
what are they now & what they
want to be in the future. I
refer to the debate over one
of the greatest pieces of
symbolism which means so much
to so few, but can reflect on
so many in the fullness of
time. A subject that greatly
interests this author, the
need for Constitutional change
{ personally I see no real
reason for change, but am
realistic enough to believe it
will most probably happen one
day }

This video archival footage
comes from ABC TV's Carleton
Walsh Report & was transmitted
in 1987 it features an
interview between the late &
very much personally lamented
Mr. Richard Carleton & the
late Donald Horne, author of
The Lucky Country & God Is An
Englishman along with many
other works, Horne was born in
the same NSW country town as
my Mother & therefore has
always been of some interest
to me, apart from his
considerable mind.

There was a degree of
excitement among certain
circles at this time over what
might be & what might not be
changed in The Australian
Constitution, time has shown
very little has changed.

Although The Australia Act
1986 was a defining alteration
to The Constitution, which I
was in agreement with, but am
happy to leave changes at
this.
One slight misinterpretation
of this act was that many
people thought appeals to The
Privy Council were now ended,
but this was not & is not the
case to the present day, as
shown in Section 74 of The
Current Australian
Constitution, pasted here &
partly highlighted in caps :
-

74. No appeal shall be
permitted to the Queen in
Council from a decision of the
High Court upon
any question, howsoever
arising, as to the limits
inter se of the Constitutional
powers of the
Commonwealth and those of any
State or States, or as to the
limits inter se of the
Constitutional
powers of any two or more
States, UNLESS THE HIGH COURT
SHALL CERTIFY THAT THE
QUESTION IS ONE WHICH OUGHT TO
BE DETERMINED BY HER MAJESTY
IN COUNCIL.
The High Court may so certify
if satisfied that for any
special reason the certificate
should be
granted, and thereupon an
appeal shall lie to Her
Majesty in Council on the
question without
further leave.
Except as provided in this
section, this Constitution
shall not impair any right
which the Queen
may be pleased to exercise by
virtue of Her Royal
prerogative to grant special
leave of appeal from the High
Court to Her Majesty in
Council. The Parliament may
make laws limiting the matters
in which such leave may be
asked, but proposed laws
containing any such limitation
shall be reserved by the
Governor-General for Her
Majesty's pleasure.

The above information may help
persons who wish to seek
further determination of
certain legal outcomes, as we
all know frustrations abound
over some Court decisions, but
to get such a determination
from Australia's High Court
would be extremely difficult,
but in theory it is still
possible.

As for the players in this
video, both on & off camera.
Where are they now ? : -

Max Walsh - Works At The
Bulletin Magazine.

Richard Carleton - Died on the
job in Tasmania while working
for the TV program 60 Minutes,
May 2006.

Donald Horne - Died in 2005 A
fellow one did not necessary
agree with, but a most
impressive intellectual nether
the less.

Angela Pearman - Barrister At
Law In Sydney, seen in Part
Two with a rare on air smile {
must have liked the
raconteuring of Max Walsh in
this instance } this woman was
boned from The ABC a few years
ago, she performed News
Reading duties on that TV
station for many years.

Lionel Bowen - Still lives in
Sydney, an interesting Labour
Man & a very unpretentious
fellow.

Mike Bailey - Until recently
an ABC Weather Man { as seen
in Part Two } & likeable
bloke, but failed ALP
Candidate from Election 2007,
yes there were some ! As Joe
Hockey managed to hold his
seat of North Sydney which
leads me to point out a
strange synchronicity. Richard
Carleton { Part One } in this
clip mentions that Lionel
Bowen while in Canberra chose
as his digs a relative's
converted garage, this was
repeated by the former Defence
Minster & Current Federal
Opposition Leader, Dr. Brendan
Nelson who while in Canberra
stayed at Joe Hockey's garage,
or shed.

Link :
http://au.news.yahoo.com/07022
6/23/12jrf.html

More Related Links : -

http://www.aph.gov.au/Library/
Pubs/online/milestones.htm
Australia's Constitutional
Milestones.

http://www.humanities.mq.edu.a
u/Ockham/1stRd.html
The Constitution.

http://www.foundingdocs.gov.au
/item.asp?dID=12
Australia's Birth
Certificates.

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