A VERY PUBLIC AFFAIR- CONSTITUTIONAL DOCUMENTS

The Crown and the Australian Constitution

A VERY PUBLIC AFFAIR-

CONSTITUTIONAL DOCUMENTS 

EXTRACT FROM LETTER FROM THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL
OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
TO P BENWELL DATED 2 JULY 2009

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