Author Archives: M Nash
A Band-Aid Bill: a look at the 2013 amendments to the Sex Discrimination Act
On Thursday 21 March, the Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus stood up in the House of Representatives and introduced the Sex Discrimination Amendment (Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Intersex Status) Bill 2013. In his speech, Mr Dreyfus declared the Bill would “introduce sexual orientation and gender identity as protected grounds of discrimination at the federal level.” The […]
No Confidence, No Budget; what happens if a motion of no confidence passes on Budget day
A question came to me via twitter today; “What would ensue from passing a no confidence motion in budget week?” We’ll assume the House is the place where this happens. The Senate passed a motion of no confidence in John Howard back in 2003; to state the obvious, nothing came of it. That’s because the […]
Hold your horses; we’re not in caretaker just yet
This morning Deputy Opposition Leader Julie Bishop asserted that the country is “in virtual caretaker mode.” Ms Bishop, that is not entirely accurate. The confusion arises from the small issue that caretaker mode is a convention; you won’t find it mentioned in the constitution. It’s one of those unwritten understandings. But there’s a series of […]
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