Responsible government in the Dominions: Responsible government in the Dominions

Responsible government in the Dominions (Vol. 2)

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Author:: Keith, Arthur Berriedale http://d-nb.info/gnd/119086794

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Press

Year of publication:: 1912-

Collection:: Economics Books

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Identifikator:: 1896935052

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-238139

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Author:: Keith, Arthur Berriedale http://d-nb.info/gnd/119086794

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

Volume count:: Vol. 2

Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Pr.

Year of publication:: 1912

Scope:: XI Seiten, Seiten 570-1100

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Title:: Chapter VIII. The constitutional relations of the houses

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330 PARLIAMENTS OF THE DOMINIONS [PART III § 3. TASMANIA In Tasmania the Upper House likewise has maintained an attitude of full equality of power with the Lower House, and it does not appear that there is any prospect of the relations between the two Houses being altered. In its financial relations to the Lower House the Upper House in practice goes beyond the principles laid down in the case of the Upper House of South Australia. That is to say, the ordinary estimates for the year will not be passed without question, and the power of amending may be used ;! and anything except the most normal exercise of the power of the Lower House is a matter of question and examination, nor does the House restrict itself to suggesting amendments, but amends. The Upper House has rejected Appropriation Acts, and no successful attempt has been made to deal with the rejection. As regards matters of ordinary legislation, thanks to the activities of the Upper House, Tasmania is by far the most backward state of Australia in respect of legislation for social needs. Every year Bill after Bill, if deemed too advanced, is rejected by the Upper House. Workmen’s Compensation had to wait until 1910; land settlement and even Factory Acts are not appreciated, and the state had also until 1910 the distinction of having no system of wages boards or other means of controlling industrial conditions; in 1910 both a Factories Act and a Wages Board Act were passed. More- over, the situation is complicated in Tasmania by the plated a dissolution of both Houses after a Bill had been twice rejected (after a three months’ interval in the same or the next session), and there- upon if the Bill were passed again a joint session should be held, whereupon any Bill would be presented for the royal assent if passed by a majority. In the Bill of 1911 no joint session is required : if the Bill is passed a third time it becomes law. * Legislative Council Journals, 1877, pp. 39, 40, 117, 119; Votes, June 3, 10, 11, 1879. In 1879 the Upper House amended the Supply Bill, and eventually only agreed, on the refusal of the Assembly to accept the amend- ment, to a grant for eight months, of which six were over before the Bill was assented to. They justified their action by the financial difficulties due to faulty finance on the part of the Government. See also Rusden, Australia, iil, 479, 480.

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