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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CHAP. vii] RELATIONS OF THE HOUSES 631 adoption of the system of preferential voting, which results In the absence of any strong or clearly defined purpose in the Lower House. Further, the fact that the Legislative Council has eighteen members only, holding office for six years, and that the House of Assembly consists of thirty embers, renders effective pressure by a small majority In the Lower House out of the question. The tone of the Upper House is decidedly plutocratic compared to that of the Lower House, for the elector must either be in possession of a freehold estate of £10 or a leasehold estate of £30 annual value, or be a graduate, a qualified legal or medical prac- titioner, a minister of religion, or an officer of the army or Navy. On the other hand, democracy in Tasmania, partly OWing to the presence in the country of a large number of Persons of moderate means, is a feeble plant compared with democracy in other parts of Australia, and there does not appear to be any such degree of dissatisfaction with the relations between the two Houses as would lead one to expect that the powers of the Upper House will be lessened! But there can be no doubt that Tasmania remains the least Progressive part of the Commonwealth, from which, of course, 1b is separated in space and still more in feeling. § 4. WESTERN AUSTRALIA v ig case of Western Australia the period of the existence to ae Parliament has been too short to render it possible Te te what position the Upper House will achieve, Houses 16 will gain the independent strength of the Upper it wy of Victoria ; South Australia,and Tasmania, or whether ed moderate its claims and merely serve as a useful CX on the Lower Honse. * In 1908 it rejected proposals for a land tax, for land purchase, for hospitals, and for factory regulation ; Hobart Mercury, November 21, 1908. In 1910 threw out a Bill for closer settlement, despite the feeling through- Out Australia that such settlement is urgently needed. The tenure of office by Councillors was reduced (see Act 49 Vict. No. 8) to six years, and the franchise has been made broader by 64 Vict. No. 5. The Lower House '% Powerfully influenced by Labour, which owes its strong position there to the preferential vote. as shown in 1909. See also above, p. 200.

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