What needs to take place in Australia to change theconstitution?

Question

i need the steps on what happens!

Thanks so much!

Answer 1

I am affraid to burst your bubble, Australia has no Constitution, Australia is a British colony owned by Queen Lizzy still, a recent poll showed that Aussies prefer serve under the crown.

Answer 2

Australia never was a colony. The nation was formed by the colonies of Australia comming together as a Commonwealth in 1901. The Constitution was adopted by the colonies througha series of referendums from 1898-1900.

Changes to the constitution are made through referendums. (Wow, this actually is an answer to the question!)

Answer 3

Wow ... 2 answers above which didn't address the question.

Anyway, changes to the constitution are covered by s 128. It's straight-forward and means what it says, so I'll quote it verbatim:

128 Mode of altering the Constitution

This Constitution shall not be altered except in the following

manner:

The proposed law for the alteration thereof must be passed by an absolute majority of each House of the Parliament, and not less than two nor more than six months after its passage through both Houses the proposed law shall be submitted in each State and Territory to the electors qualified to vote for the election of members of the House of Representatives.

But if either House passes any such proposed law by an absolute majority, and the other House rejects or fails to pass it, or passes it with any amendment to which the first-mentioned House will not agree, and if after an interval of three months the first-mentioned House in the same or the next session again passes the proposed law by an absolute majority with or without any amendment which has been made or agreed to by the other House, and such other House rejects or fails to pass it or passes it with any amendment to

which the first-mentioned House will not agree, the Governor-General may submit the proposed law as last proposed by the first-mentioned House, and either with or without any amendments subsequently agreed to by both Houses, to the electors in each State and Territory qualified to vote for the election of the House of Representatives.

When a proposed law is submitted to the electors the vote shall be taken in such manner as the Parliament prescribes. But until the qualification of electors of members of the House of Representatives becomes uniform throughout the Commonwealth, only one-half the electors voting for and against the proposed law shall be counted in any State in which adult suffrage prevails. And if in a majority of the States a majority of the electors voting approve the proposed law, and if a majority of all the electors voting also approve the proposed law, it shall be presented to the Governor-General for the Queen’s assent.

No alteration diminishing the proportionate representation of any State in either House of the Parliament, or the minimum number of representatives of a State in the House of Representatives, or increasing, diminishing, or otherwise altering the limits of the State, or in any manner affecting the provisions of the Constitution in relation thereto, shall become law unless the majority of the electors voting in that State approve the proposed law.

In this section, Territory means any territory referred to in

section one hundred and twenty-two of this Constitution in

respect of which there is in force a law allowing its

representation in the House of Representatives.