Section 128 - Altering the Constitution
1)Consultation
2)Drafting
3)Parliament Stage
4)Referendum Stage
5)Post Referendum
Reasons for failure:
1)Bipartisan support
(non-labor parties reluctant to co-operate)
2)State's power
-One proposal in 1988 referendum failed as states were opposed to Federal Government being given financial grants directly to local government councils.
-Erosion of state authority
3)Dual criteria
-Organic document capable of change
4)Miscellaneous reasons
-Fear of big government
-General misunderstanding of complex issues
-LEave things as they are
-Government doesnt make it simple
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