[UMA-SR-000000862] ACC 7 Standing Committee Files

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IdentifierUMA-SR-000000862Extent6 filesScope and ContentThe 1983 Constitutional Convention in Adelaide recommended the appointment of one Standing Committee in lieu of Standing Committees A, B/C and D, to consider and report on matters referred to it by the Convention and the continuing work of the Convention. The Standing Committee comprised two delegates of the Australian Parliament to the Convention, two delegates from each State, one delegate of the Legislative Assembly for the Northern Territory, one representative of the ACT, and one local government representative.

The following matters were referred to the Standing Committee by the 1983 plenary session of the Convention:

Integrated Courts
Constitutional Practices/Conventions of the Constitution Qualifications of Members of Parliament
External Affairs Family Law
States' Fiscal Powers Industrial Relations Commonwealth Immunities
Paramountcy of Commonwealth Law
Composition of the Australian Constitutional Convention Convention Secretariat
Implementation of Convention Resolutions States' Initiation of Referendums
Popular Initiative Amendments to Section 128

Additional matters were referred to the Standing Committee from the Executive Committee, including recognition of local government in the Constitution, civil aviation in Australia, and the reference to State Parliaments of international treaties involving matters of domestic concern to those States.

The Standing Committee appointed six sub-committees to which it referred the above matters and others which arose (see ACC 8 - ACC 13).

The files in this series include:

Terms of Reference, Members, Meetings: Two files relating to the workings of the Standing Committee and sub-committees, matters referred from the Convention and the Executive Committee, membership and initial meetings.

Agendas, Minutes, Correspondence, Papers: File No. 3 contains inward and outward letters of the Chief Executive Officer (or Assistant to the Chief Executive Officer) concerning meetings and matters considered by the Standing Committee and its sub- committees, filed in roughly chronological order together with agendas and minutes of Standing Committee meetings, membership lists, and other papers. A few early letters concerning sub-committees can be found in a separate file (No. 4). A further file (No. 5) contains agendas, minutes and various papers, including reports of sub-committees to the Standing Committee and press release(s); this file appears to have been compiled by Lynette Lenaz-Hoare, Legal Research Officer.

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Series

[UMA-SR-000000893] ACC 38 Cheryl Saunders' Files

[UMA-SR-000000890] ACC 35 Papers re the Origins, Organisation and Achi

[UMA-SR-000000868] ACC 13 Constitutional Amendment Sub-Committee Files

[UMA-SR-000000867] ACC 12 Fiscal Powers Sub-Committee Files

[UMA-SR-000000866] ACC 11 Industrial Relations Sub-Committee Files

[UMA-SR-000000865] ACC 10 External Affairs Sub-Committee Files

[UMA-SR-000000864] ACC 9 Structure of Government Sub-Committee Files

[UMA-SR-000000863] ACC 8 Judicature Sub-Committee Files

[UMA-SR-000000857] ACC 2 Executive Committee Files

Item

Report of Standing Committee, 1984.

Agendas, Minutes and Papers (Legal Research Officer's file), June 1983 - October 1984.

Correspondence re Sub-Committees, June - July 1983.

Agendas, Minutes and Correspondence, 1983 - 1985.

Standing Committee and Sub-Committees: General, Terms of Reference Members, Meetings, c.1983

Standing Committee: Terms of Reference and Members, c.1983

Provenance

CreatorAustralian Constitutional ConventionRoleProvenance

Provenance

CreatorFinemore, JohnRoleProvenance

Dates

Date1983-1985

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University of Melbourne Archives

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[UMA-SR-000000862] ACC 7 Standing Committee Files