Does anyone have Sacs for constitution,my SAC is on Tuesday.

[MissIraq]

hi does anyone have sacs for constitution area of study.. thanks


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Do we need to know the sections in the constitution?
hey guys, do we need to know the sections of the constitution? and if so which ones in specific, like for instance i know that section 114 is related to the commonwealth government only raising armies, and section 128 is refferendum, and section 115 relates to states not having the ability to coin money, and section 52-51 which pretty much are related to most of the exclusive powers.

Also, what are "specific powers", from my understanding they are concurrent powers which have been made exclusive by another section of the constitution, is that all we need to know about them, like since these "specific powers" have been made by exculsive, shouldn't they just be called exclusive powers then?

[Liuy]

1. Yes, certain ones as stipulated in the study design e.g. S128, S109 and also examples of sections to do with the division of law-making powers, restrictions, High Court Cases etc.

2. Specific powers are those stated in the Constitution and given to the Commonwealth Parliament at the time of federation.
Specific powers can be further DIVIDED into two types of powers: concurrent and exclusive.
concurrent powers are shared between Commonwealth and State Parliaments, Exclusive powers are only to be exercised by the Commonwealth Parliament.

[LeahT]

You are only required to know S09 and S128, however, as Liuy said, it's strongly reccomended that you know as many others as you can that help you add to your examples/evidence to back up your answers. However, technically on the exam they wont detract points if you don't know extras.

To add to Liuy's explanation of Specific Powers, my Study Guide also says that it's important to note that they were powers given to the Commonwealth parliament to make laws for the 'peace, order and good government' of Australia. That's just what the study guide says, I'm not sure what the VCAA study design necessitates though.

[lilaznkev1n]

It's not required to know any other sections besides 109 and 128 but these are the ones that I remember and I find useful in answering questions related to division of law-making power:
Section 51,52 to explain specific powers
Section 116, 117 restrictions on the Commonwealth parliament
Section 114,115 restrictions on the State Parliament (exclusive powers example)
Section 51(xxi) marriage as an example of a concurrent power
Section 109 - Conflicting concurrent powers and how it is resolved
Section 128 - Process of changing the constitution