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The Office of Governor-General by Paul Hasluck, K.G., P.C.; Former Governor-General of Australia. (Melbourne University Press, 1979), pp. 1-47. Paperback, recommended retail price $3.40 (ISBN: 0 522 84187 2).

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The Office of Governor-General by Paul Hasluck, K.G., P.C.; Former Governor-General of Australia. (Melbourne University Press, 1979), pp. 1-47. Paperback, recommended retail price $3.40 (ISBN: 0 522 84187 2).

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 January 2025

L. J. M. Cooray*
Affiliation:
School of Law, Macquarie University

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Copyright © 1980 The Australian National University

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1 See for example the brief analysis of the Crown and the exercise of the prerogatives of the Crown in the States severally and in the Federation (p. 9).

2 But see non-committal comments on 1975 (p. 2) and a series of oblique comments on the actions of Sir John Kerr, quoted infra pp. 113-114.

3 See Cooray, Conventions, The Australian Constitution and the Future (1979) ch. 2 for discussion of relevant principles.

4 The illustration referred to is that where a Bill is put through both Houses of Parliament providing for delay in conduct of elections, the Governor-General could refuse to assent to it.

5 See further Cooray, op.cit. ch. 2.