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[12] [13] [14] The Constitution of Australia, however, describes the union as "one indissoluble Federal Commonwealth" [15] and makes no provision for states to secede. [b] Western Australia is the only state not specifically listed in this preamble, as its final decision to join came too late for the constitution, already enacted by the UK ...
The secession referendum was held simultaneously with the 1933 Western Australian state election, which saw incumbent pro-secessionist premier James Mitchell's coalition government defeated by Philip Collier's anti-secessionist Australian Labor Party (ALP). Mitchell lost his own seat in parliament.
Various attempts for secession have occurred in Western Australia, including the 1933 Western Australian secession referendum, and a number of more recent movements have continued proposing and pushing for independence, including the Western Australia Secessionist Movement [2]
Cascadia. Cascadia. Proposed state: Republic of Cascadia Advocacy group: Cascadia Department of Bioregion [3] [4] [5] Western Canada. Western Canada. Proposed state: West Canada (includes Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan as well as (sometimes) Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut)
Proposed state or autonomous area: Western Australia. Political party: WAxit Party, [11] Western Australia Party Victoria. Proposed state: Victoria. Advocacy group: Victorian Independence Movement [12] [13] Northern Territory. Proposed: Statehood for Northern Territory within Australia Political party: Country Liberal Party
Casley believed that under Australian law the federal government had two years to respond to Casley's declaration of sovereignty. Casley says the failure to respond gave the province "de facto autonomy" on 21 April 1972, but that the Western Australian government can still dispute the secession. [19] Principality of Hutt River
At federal level, the Country Party agreed to run a joint Senate ticket with the United Party at the 1925 federal election, allowing William Carroll to become the first Country Party senator from Western Australia. [28] In 1928, party leader Alec Thomson announced his support of Western Australia's secession from the Australian federation. In ...
The history of Australia from 1901 to 1945 begins with the federation of the six colonies to create the Commonwealth of Australia. The young nation joined Britain in the First World War, suffered through the Great Depression in Australia as part of the global Great Depression and again joined Britain in the Second World War against Nazi Germany in 1939.