New South Wales Legislative Council Practice
New South Wales Legislative Council Practice

Author: Lynn Lovelock

Publisher: Federation Press

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 744

ISBN-13: 9781862876514

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This first edition of New South Wales Legislative Council Practice brings together the history, practice and procedure of the New South Wales Legislative Council - the Upper House of the New South Wales Parliament, and the first and oldest legislative body in Australia.Since the advent of responsible government in New South Wales in 1856, the New South Wales Legislative Council has been the focus of continuous struggle regarding its composition, powers, role and very existence. However, from its tumultuous history, the Council has in recent years emerged as a democratically elected, powerful and effective upper house, in many ways mirroring the development of the Australian Senate. Today the Council performs key functions within the New South Wales system of government including representing the people and scrutinising the executive government as a 'House of Review'.The rich history of the New South Wales Legislative Council has brought with it a wealth of parliamentary precedent with which to guide modern practice and procedures in the House. While practitioners of parliamentary law and practice in New South Wales have long had access to authorities such as Erskine May's Parliamentary Practice and Odgers' Australian Senate Practice, the publication of New South Wales Legislative Council Practice will provide an essential reference book to understanding parliamentary privilege, practice and procedure in the New South Wales Upper House.

The Constitution of New South Wales
The Constitution of New South Wales

Author: Anne Twomey

Publisher: Federation Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 966

ISBN-13: 9781862875166

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Places the constitutional framework of the State in its historical and political context and provides for the first time a detailed analysis of all the provisions of the Constitution Act 1902 (NSW) including their legislative history and examples of their use.

An Epitome of the Official History of New South Wales
An Epitome of the Official History of New South Wales

Author: Thomas Richards

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-12-10

Total Pages: 808

ISBN-13: 9780332621654

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Excerpt from An Epitome of the Official History of New South Wales: From the Foundation of the Colony, in 1788, to the Close of the First Session of the Eleventh Parliament Under Responsible Government, in 1883; Compiled Chiefly From the Official and Parliamentary Records of the Colony The design of this work is to supply a brief sketch of the official and political history of New South Wales from the earliest date. Without attempting to indicate the successive steps by which the Colony has attained its present high degree of social and commercial advancement, a great deal of matter is necessarily introduced that will be of assistance hereafter in tracing out the rapid progress of the Colony from the con dition of a rude settlement to that of an enlightened and prosperous community, in which labour and enterprise, wealth and refinement, find a congenial home. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.