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Part One: Colonisation to Federation 1. From Penal Settlement to Representative and Responsible Government 2. Towards Federation 3. The National Australasian Convention 1891 and the Path to Adelaide 4. The Convention Debates 1897-98 5. Final Steps to Federation 6. The First Decade of Federation 7. Reflecting on the Work of the Founders Part Two: The Commonwealth Parliament 8. Federal Parliament 9. Parliamentary Committees 10. Parliament in Action 11. Resolving Deadlocks Between the Two Houses: Section 57 Part Three: The Growth of a Nation 12. Historical Factors in a Century of Federalism 13. Colony – Dominion – Nation 14. Interpreting the Constitution 15. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples Part Four: Commonwealth Legislative Powers 16. Trade and Commerce 17. The Taxation Power 18. Corporations 19. Defence Power 20. The External Affairs Power 21. The Conciliation and Arbitration Power 22. The Territories Power 23. Freedom of Interstate Trade, Commerce and Intercourse Part Five: Federalism 24. Commonwealth-State Relations 25. The Future of the Commonwealth-State Balance 26. The States 27. Inconsistency between Laws of the State and the Commonwealth 28. The Reference Power Part Six: Commonwealth Executive Power 29. The Executive Government 30. The Governor-General and the Double Dissolution of 1975 31. Exercise and Scrutiny of Executive Power Part Seven: Rights and the Future 32. Constitutional Rights 33. Constitutional Change Appendix A: The Constitution Appendix B: Statement of Reasons by the Governor-General