Year
2023
Publisher
ANU Press
Language
English
Pages
13
ISBN
978-1-76046-563-6
Last Update
01-Nov-2024
Keywords
Law
What does Australia’s constitution say about national identity? A conventional answer might be ‘not much’. On this view, the Australian Constitution is concerned with structures and institutions of government, and is deliberately silent on values, aspirations and identity.¹ Nor are Australians inclined to rally around their constitution as a focal point of national pride.²
And yet …
Reflection on the last few years in Australian constitutional law reveals a wealth of examples of constitutional issues that implicate national identity. Claiming victory in the 2022 election, Anthony Albanese opened his acceptance speech by committing to the Uluru Statement from the Heart’s...
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