The purpose of the Australian constitution is to provide a set of rules which must be followed by the federal, state and local governments. These laws are called supreme laws. The laws in the Constitution can only be changed by the country’s population having a referendum. A proposed change first has to be passed as a bill by the Federal parliament, then it is sent out to the Governor General for a writ to be distributed so that a referendum can then happen. Australia is a Constitutional Monarchy this means that the Queen of England is our head of state. Not all Australians agree with this though and would prefer that we become a Republic. This lead to a referendum on the 6th November 1999. Australian citizens that were eligible to vote went
