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Flat White

The constitution and the dismissal

11 November 2021

12:00 PM

11 November 2021

12:00 PM

You will have heard of the rule of law, that people in positions of authority should exercise their power within a constraining framework of well-established laws rather than in an arbitrary, discretionary manner. 

On two occasions since federation, that principle was crushed by appointed officeholders. Most people remember only the second occasion which shares its anniversary with Armistice Day.

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