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Using your sense of “doing the right thing” is not censorship, even though others may have a different on what is right. Your father had sensible views on what should not be on free to air TV.

Most common sense people can see the problem it comes down to who the representative is representing, the party or the people, this is part of the natural progression of legal positivism, where conscience ultimately plays no part.

I’m looking forward to your next video. I remember reading a letter (published in the ‘80s) from the Prince of Wales (soon to be King Edward VIII) to Governor Sir Philip Game shortly after Lang’s dismissal in 1932. Stunning reading! Probably the strongest argument for an Australian republic I’ve seen.

As one of your British counterparts said on a Brexit podcast, "the constitution shouldn't BE interesting!" There was some crazy times in 2019.

props for teaching me the word "eventuate"

You misunderstand The "Office of Kingship" and the Statute of Westminster Preamble .... Parliamentary Sovereignty gives Parliament no more power than the King had at Magna Carta... .There is, therefore, continuity in the post- Glorious Revolution constitution, where the king’s ministers and servants are accountable for their exercise of powers that were previously the king’s129 - they are no more above the law than the king was himself130. The justices’ reasoning in Miller I - «Otherwise, ministers would be changing (or infringing) the law, which, as just explained, they cannot do»131 - is reminiscent of many of Coke’s reported submissions in court and of his own writings: «the disinheritance of the subject, […] the King by prerogative cannot do; for the King (as it is said in our books) cannot do any wrong»132 and «le Roy fairoit tort qu’il ne poit faire» [the king would do wrong, which he cannot do]133 Rule of Law, Parliamentary Sovereignty and Executive Accountability in English Legal Thinking: The Recent Revival of The King Can Do No Wrong by Professor Marie France-Fortin has 19 published articles on The King and the Crown including this in; 43 Journal of Constitutional History (autum 2022.) The constitutional triad composed of (1) the king’s personal immunity, (2) his ministers’ political accountability before Parliament, and (3) his ministers’ and servants’ legal liability before the courts, was most recently illustrated by two cases of the United Kingdom Supreme Court, Miller I and Miller II . In Miller I, the Supreme Court dealt with the prerogative power to withdraw from treaties and found that the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union could not be effectuated by the executive alone. In Miller II, the Supreme Court found that the Prime Minister’s advice to the Queen to prorogue Parliament was unreasonable and therefore unlawful, with the effect that the prorogation flowing from that advice was null and of no effect.

What a great story. ❤

Exclusive Powers. - The following are the powers which in the course of time will be absolutely withdrawn from the States : - covering Page 933 - 937 (top half) showing that local councils where abolished at the time of federation, not kept in State control, which, by the way, is no longer recognised as the States now are companies with ABN's, and unconstitutionally done so as well. Also, who authorised, without a referendum, the Local Government Constitution that I understand Queensland runs with? I have a 4 page - 30 point background statement with contradiction through it, and actually makes war against The Australian Constitution.

These podcast series need to become compulsory part of the educational curriculum!

Premier Jack Lang saw the unelected NSW Upper House as an 'old boys' network' of privileged men appointed for life and out-of-touch with life for most people in NSW - particularly once the depression hit. Jack Lang supported desperately needed social reforms. Some of his ideas seemed radical at the time. He even supported the idea of women in NSW upper house! Unlike Jack Lang, Dudley de Chair was British establishment to the core.

Love your work! This knowledgeableness is so informationaonical its rad to the max to the extreme. Really glad I have subscribed, really enjoying all your videos.

Thank you for this storytelling. You are a legend ma'am.

9 seconds in, gets popcorn. This should be good :D

Too serious to be taken seriously again? Makes a good yarn for round the campfire way outback, or not. What is Truth?

Paul Keating's political mentor.

11:50 I too, would be astonished, if Lang and McTiernan had turned up in de Chair’s office in 1826!

Excellent informative video. I'd read about the crisis that led to Lang's dismissal, but had no idea about this earlier battle with the governor. Nor did I realise that NSW had an unelected upper house back then.

I bought the governors of NSW book a couple of months ago, it's been interesting so far!

Listening to Prof Twomey telling the Kipling-esque story of de Chair with cinematic directions ("cut to Oriental potentate's fragrant garden with alluring houri") combined with constitutional machinations is my idea of a good time. I'm only sorry that we didn't get to hear de Chair's full biography and learn of his final years, or will we meet him again in the next episode? (Is he a recurring character in the ACCU (Australian Constitutional Cinematic Universe))? And much respect for breezily inserting a plug for your own related contribution :) You really do make Australian constitutional history come alive.

You refer a couple of times to Edward McTiernan. He was appointed a Justice of the High Court in 1930, serving as such until 1976 - a record very unlikely to be beaten (the terms of Justices now cease on their turning 70). His appointment was attacked by conservative interests, with claims that he would favour Labor policies. McTiernan's decisions prove the contrary. As an aside, McTiernan found it necessary to retire after he broke his hip.

Very enjoyable. Lang was such a crook, wasn’t he? A query I have for when you get to Lang and his fight with the Commonwealth over interest payments etc to overseas investors, which eventually led to his dismissal by Sir P. Game. Is the commonwealth ultimately responsible for state debt? This is a current concern, given the Queensland and Victorian state debts. There was once a body called the Loan Council which I recall, told the states each year how much they could borrow. Now anything seems to go as far as the states and their debts are concerned.

I love it when history is told in such a wonderfully entertaining way. If Prof Twomey ever gets tired of constitutional law, she would make a a terrific writer of popular history. 😀

Wow! Lang seemed like quite the despot, maybe DeChair should have sacked him there and then. Great video Professor Twomey, looking forward to part 2.

What a great yarn.

I thoroughly enjoyed this retelling of our history. Thank you!

That, was absolutely fascinating, thank you. Why couldnt we learn about all this in school, our history, including our political history should be a mandatory school topic. Can't wait for Part 2. 👍🌟

Lang, one of the last backbones.

Abolition of the NSW upper house was Labor policy when the Lang Government was elected, so de Chair's demand that Lang produce a 'mandate' for upper house abolition was both spurious and a common tactic in vice-regal obstruction aimed at non-conservative politicians. 'Middy's' heroics as a teenager in Egypt has no relevance to the question of whether NSW was a democratic state, or a bastard colonial remnant, in the 1920s-30s.

A terrible time to Govern with people literally starving. I don't know what I would have done.

dechair and lang from what litte I know of the latter both seem like admirable people.sad they weren't able to work better together but i wonder if part of that is confusing lang with new zealand pm lang If i might say so this video was really well done from a narrative point of view.it felt like a story . was there any sorta of training or even briefing given to vice regal officers when selected or was Dechair just given a boat ticket and a slap on the back before being sent halfway across the world to technically run the place? Thanks for the wonderful video is always professor twomey

would inciting a mob to attack your fellow Parilament members be punishable?not referencing anything of course? on a more serious do states have some power over there federal elections? perhaps the states could make a law like "if a member of our federal delgation does x we can recall them" or include "misconduct" as a reason for a special election...And i just remembered elections are called on federal advice..well i tried i think this is one of those issues where its a institutional reform more then specfic policy needed thanks again for the great video

Hi, Anne. I would be interested in your opinions on the time in Canada when the Governor-General dismissed the Prime Minister instead of allowing a new election to be held. In my opinion the GG got that decision wrong. The third largest party had formed a coalition with one of the larger parties immediately after an election but later on withdrew support after some sort of corruption scandal. It is commonplace that a third party may form a new coalition with either large party after an election, but I think that allowing them to swap their support over to the other party, in the middle of a parliamentary term, effectively made them the strongest party in the parliament. The GG should have, in my opinion, granted the new election sought by the outgoing PM so that the voters could cast their judgment on the smaller party's decision to withdraw from the coalition.

This is one of the most entertaining episodes thus far. Thank you!

Yes! I knew this would get a video eventually, thanks so much!

Thank you so much! Jack Lang is certainly one of the more interesting characters in Australian politics. Very much looking forward to the coming instalments.

Lang sounds about as trustworthy as Donand Drumpf 😊

I love story time.

Why did the Queensland government only seek to abolish the legislative council and not instead just have all its members be elected instead of appointed? I don't recall such an option being mentioned in your video on the topic so I assume it wasn't really an option considered by the government at the time? And it seems like the same happened with Lang's first government as well?

Thanks Prof, this was fantastic, and look forward to the next instalment!

Gosh ! lol I look forward to the next episode! Thank you for all the research this must have taken.

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Very interesting. Thank you.

No disrespect to the video creator, this analysis sounded like it needed to be more complicated than it needed to. It sounds more like that a generic references needed to be applied right across the board that accommodates both a constitutional monarchy and a constitutional republic because let's be honest here, with a generation or two Australia will become a republic.

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Hi Ann a lot of your videos the comments are tuned off you seem to like to put your opinion forward and deny the right of others to reply why do you not do follow up videos replying to. Comments?

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Why can not people decide for themselves

Thank you for everything you’re doing, your active response to (almost) all comments and consistent replies are appreciated and shows a true passion for not only the law, but a deep respect for those who want to learn.

Hi Anne! This prompted me to take a deeper dive into the Australia Acts. I noticed in s 15(1) that the Commonwealth can ammend the Act with the consent of all state parliaments. Theoretically, could the (validly) entrenched provisions in state constitutions be overriden and ammended without a state referendum/parliamentary supermajority if all states and the Commonwealth passed an ammendment to the Australia Act?

Anne, I wish we were neighbours, the chats over the fence would be the best. Thank you as always and could you flesh this topic out a lot more. maybe a 1Hour Christmas special?