Senate Amendments and Legislative Outcomes in Australia, 1996–2007
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6235029 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stanley Bach (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 395-423 |
| Publication date | 2008-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1036-1146 • E-ISSN: 1363-030X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10361140802267225 |
| OpenAlex | W2084525324 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 1 |
There has been a recurring argument in Australia about how the Senate should exercise its constitutional power to amend government legislation that it receives from the House of Representatives. Much less attention has been paid to how the Senate has exercised this power, and how often Senate amendments have resulted in legislative changes that governments otherwise would not have made. This article explores the legislative record and finds that, during the Howard ministry, Senate amendments did not often provoke negotiations leading to bicameral compromise. Most often, the House either agreed to the Senate's amendments, many of which were government proposals, or disagreed to them. In the latter cases, the Senate most often gave way, instead of insisting on the legislative changes it already had approved
Christian ministry · Compromise · Government (linguistics · House of Representatives · Legislation · Legislature · Negotiation · Political science · Power (physics · Commonwealth, Australian Politics and Federalism · Law · Political Systems and Governance · Public Administration
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,25 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2024 (15) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |