Section 39 of the Constitution of Australia
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Section 39 of the Constitution of Australia provides that the quorum of the Australian House of Representatives shall be one third of the total number of members, until the Parliament otherwise provides.
During the Convention debates in Adelaide, Joseph Carruthers suggested that one third was too high and suggested that a quorum of twenty would be sufficient, but his suggestion was rejected.[1]
With the passage of the House of Representatives (Quorum) Act 1989, the Parliament has changed the quorum to one fifth of the total number of members, which with the current House of Representatives size of 150 means that at least 30 members are required for a quorum.[2]
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Constitution of Australia
- Cabinet
- Chapter II of the Constitution of Australia: The Executive
- Section 61 of the Constitution of Australia
- Monarchy
- Governor-General
- Federal Executive Council
- High Court
- Chapter III of the constitution of Australia: Courts
- Section 75 of the Constitution of Australia
- Boilermakers' Case
- Australian Constitutional Law
- Responsible government
- Separation of powers
- Constitutional conventions
- Federalism
- Implied freedom of political communication
- Implied immunity of instrumentalities
- Reserve power (sovereign)
- Reserved State powers
- Referendum process
- Senate elections (1906)
- 1st State debts (1910)
- 2nd State debts (1928)
- Social services (1946)
- Aboriginals (1967)
- Casual vacancies (1977)
- Referendums (1977)
- Retirement of judges (1977)
- Constitution of Australia
- Statute of Westminster 1931
- Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1942
- Australia Act 1986
- Australian Constitution (Public Record Copy) Act 1990
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