UK | 6NewsAU

top of page

LATEST NEWS

Common(wealth) Knowledge #106: UK hands over Chagos Islands to Mauritius, retains control over military base

Oct 14

Common(wealth) Knowledge #106: UK hands over Chagos Islands to Mauritius, retains control over military base

UK secures military base in Indian Ocean for 99 years amidst sovereignty negotiations.

Common(wealth) Knowledge #50: Succession antics

May 6, 2023

Common(wealth) Knowledge #50: Succession antics

The succession to the British throne hasn’t always been so straightforward.

Common(wealth) Knowledge #49: Practical independence - The ANZUS Pact

Apr 29, 2023

Common(wealth) Knowledge #49: Practical independence - The ANZUS Pact

AUKUS isn’t the first security alliance Australia has signed with the United States.

Missouri to implement statewide limitations on transgender healthcare

Apr 20, 2023

Missouri to implement statewide limitations on transgender healthcare

New regulations will require doctors to inform patients of the risks of transgender treatments.

Common(wealth) Knowledge #47: The Statute of Westminster

Apr 15, 2023

Common(wealth) Knowledge #47: The Statute of Westminster

The history of how Australia achieved true independence from the U.K.

Ex-Liberal MP Tim Smith appears on UK TV, says monarchy is 'increasing in popularity' in Australia

Apr 9, 2023

Ex-Liberal MP Tim Smith appears on UK TV, says monarchy is 'increasing in popularity' in Australia

Smith did not contest the 2022 Victorian state election.

Common(wealth) Knowledge #45: Referendum, plebiscite or postal survey?

Apr 5, 2023

Common(wealth) Knowledge #45: Referendum, plebiscite or postal survey?

The latest on the upcoming Voice to Parliament vote.

Common(wealth) Knowledge #40: An independent Prime Minister - once in a teal moon

Mar 4, 2023

Common(wealth) Knowledge #40: An independent Prime Minister - once in a teal moon

A look at whether it is possible for an independent to become the Prime Minister of Australia.

Common(wealth) Knowledge #39: Overriding the Human Rights Act and supremacy of Parliament

Feb 25, 2023

Common(wealth) Knowledge #39: Overriding the Human Rights Act and supremacy of Parliament

A look at human rights protections in Australia and the doctrine of parliamentary sovereignty.

Common(wealth) Knowledge #36: What is a First Minister?

Feb 4, 2023

Common(wealth) Knowledge #36: What is a First Minister?

Cooperative federalism in post-COVID lockdown Australia.

Common(wealth) Knowledge #35: A public healthcare debate 80 years in the making

Jan 28, 2023

Common(wealth) Knowledge #35: A public healthcare debate 80 years in the making

Today, Australians take government-subsidised healthcare for granted - but that was not always the case.

Common(wealth) Knowledge #33: Papua New Guinea and Australian federalism

Jan 14, 2023

Common(wealth) Knowledge #33: Papua New Guinea and Australian federalism

A look at how Papua New Guinea has influenced the development of Australian law.

Common(wealth) Knowledge #32: A House divided

Jan 7, 2023

Common(wealth) Knowledge #32: A House divided

Kevin McCarthy has been elected Speaker after 15 different ballots.

LIVE: Everything we know so far about the Gold Coast helicopter crash

Jan 3, 2023

LIVE: Everything we know so far about the Gold Coast helicopter crash

At least 4 people were killed when 2 choppers collided near Sea World.

Common(wealth) Knowledge #29: Cases we missed

Dec 17, 2022

Common(wealth) Knowledge #29: Cases we missed

Wrapping up a big year in constitutional law.

Will the Voice to Parliament be a 'racial divide' in Australia?

Dec 9, 2022

Will the Voice to Parliament be a 'racial divide' in Australia?

A look at claims about the Voice ahead of the upcoming referendum.

Common(wealth) Knowledge #27: Are political parties unconstitutional?

Dec 3, 2022

Common(wealth) Knowledge #27: Are political parties unconstitutional?

Fact-checking a claim that political parties are illegal under Australia's constitution.

Common(wealth) Knowledge #26: Child Privacy and Political Communication

Dec 1, 2022

Common(wealth) Knowledge #26: Child Privacy and Political Communication

The implied freedom of political communication revisited in the context of child privacy.

Common(wealth) Knowledge #23: Can the Governor-General dismiss Prime Ministers?

Nov 12, 2022

Common(wealth) Knowledge #23: Can the Governor-General dismiss Prime Ministers?

47 years on from the 1975 constitutional crisis, a look at what the Whitlam Dismissal can tell us about constitutional conventions.

Common(wealth) Knowledge #22: Brazil and the democratic transition of power

Nov 5, 2022

Common(wealth) Knowledge #22: Brazil and the democratic transition of power

How different democracies handle a change in government after an election.

bottom of page