The Constitution is changed by the Parliament agreeing to a bill that makes amendments to the Constitution Act 1975.
Some parts of the Constitution can only be changed if certain requirements are met. Those special requirements and the sections to which they apply are listed in the Constitution; these are known as entrenched provisions. Not all sections are affected.
Three possible requirements exist:
1. A bill passed by Parliament must also be agreed to by a majority of electors voting at a referendum; or
2. 3/5 of members of Parliament in both the Assembly and the Council must agree to the third reading of the bill (a special majority); or
3. An absolute majority (half plus one) of members of Parliament in both the Assembly and the Council must agree to the third reading of a bill.
For more information see Legislative Assembly Fact Sheet D3: Altering Victoria's Constitution.
On Tue, 5 Mar 2013, Andrew McGlashan wrote:Really? There are some appallingly bad and corrupt local councils
> The current situation with state governments is causing so much grief in
> Victoria, NSW, Queensland and NT with what they are doing.
>
> In some respects, state vs federal adds some checks and balances, but
> they still fight over things, rather than getting good things done.
>
> Certainly our Victorian constitution is invalid today as has been
> previously detailed -- that needs to be fixed ASAP, before we think
> about abolishing state governments. Local government must go first,
> there is no place for them, they should NOT exist and definitely not in
> their current form as corporations.
(Wollongong, Melbourne City), but local councils otherwise usually get
positive things done. Not something you can say of state governments.
Heck, local councils should be more local. There were the Kennett era
amalgamations that removed local decision making power. How on earth
would you propose a small country town in the middle of an electorate
covering 5 other larger towns lobby to get their main road resealed
without a local government?
--
Tim Connors
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