Australia
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- federal parliamentary democracy
- CONSTITUTION
- July 9, 1900, in effect from January 1, 1901
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on English common law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral, Senate and House of Representatives
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- High Court, judges appointed by the Governor-General High Court of Australia, each of the 6 states and 2 territories and Norfolk Island have a Supreme Court. The High Court is the final court of appeal for territorial courts.
RELIGIONS
26% Catholics; 21% Anglicans; 21% other Christians; 1% minorities (including Aboriginals)
From the country
- JULY 2, 2008AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Australia urged Vietnam to spare two Australians...
Australia urged Vietnam to spare two Australians...
- MAY 27, 2008AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
AUSTRALIA: MAN EXECUTED FOR MURDER 90 YEARS AGO PARDONED
the Victorian State Government in Australia created legal history when it announced a posthumous pardon for a man wrongly executed 86 years ago in the notorious Gun Alley murder case
- APRIL 24, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. EXTRADITION TREATIES WITH AUSTRALIA, FRANCE SET
China's top legislature approved extradition treaties with Australia and France. The treaty
- MARCH 18, 2008AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. AUSTRALIAN WOMAN FACES FIRING SQUAD
an Australian woman of Vietnamese origin lost her court appeal and will face a
- MARCH 5, 2008AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. DEATH PENALTY LIFTED FOR 3 AUSTRALIANS
three Australians in jail in Indonesia, members of the so-called ‘Bali Nine’
- JANUARY 5, 2008AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
CHURCH URGES AUSTRALIAN GOVT TO OPPOSE DEATH PENALTY
the Catholic Church is stepping up its pressure on the Australian federal government to ensure that it maintain consistency in opposing the use of the death penalty, regardless of who is being executed.
- JANUARY 1, 2008AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was formally abolished in Australia in 1985.
The death penalty was formally abolished in Australia in 1985.
- DECEMBER 18, 2007AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Australia voted in favour of the Resolution on a Moratorium...
Australia voted in favour of the Resolution on a Moratorium...
- NOVEMBER 21, 2007AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR AUSTRALIAN
the People's Court of Appeals in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, reaffirmed the death sentence for Tony Manh, 40, after hearing no new evidence for a reduction in his sentence, a court official told the Associated Press.
- OCTOBER 30, 2007AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIAN COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR DRUG OFFENCES
the Constitutional Court of Indonesia upheld the death penalty for serious drug offences for three Australians facing execution for trying to smuggle heroin off the resort island of Bali.
- OCTOBER 22, 2007AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
AUSTRALIANS REJECT DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER CASES
two-thirds of people in Australia believe people convicted of murder should not
- OCTOBER 10, 2007AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
AUSTRALIAN PM STANDS BY BALI BOMBER DEATH PENALTY
the Australian prime minister, John Howard...