30 years since the Federal Parliament's joint sitting of 1974
30 years since the Federal Parliament's joint sitting of 1974
August 2004 sees the 30th anniversary of the only joint sitting held under the deadlocks section (s.57) of the Australian Constitution. Scott Bennett looks at the political intrigues of 1974 and examines the resultant boost to Prime Ministerial power which endures to this day.
This paper contains a number of tables and is available for download here as a pdf file.
