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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]
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
Political party (or parties): for political parties involved in a political system to push for autonomy or secession. Militant organisation(s): for armed organisations. Advocacy group(s): for non-belligerent, non-politically participatory entities. Ethnic / ethnoreligious / racial / regional / religious group(s).
Sir Charles Walter Michael Court AK KCMG OBE (29 September 1911 – 22 December 2007) was an Australian politician who was the premier of Western Australia from 8 April 1974 to 25 January 1982. A member of the Liberal Party , Court was the member for Nedlands in the Parliament of Western Australia from 1953 to 1982.
Advocacy groups: Aboriginal Tent Embassy, Murrawarri Republic, [1] [2] [3] Sovereign Union of First Nations and Peoples in Australia, [4] Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre, Aboriginal Provisional Government, Yuggera Ugarapul Tribal People's, [5] Sovereign Yidindji Government, [6] Euahlayi People's Republic, [7] [8] Torres Strait Islands, Republic of ...
Sir Henry Keith Watson (22 August 1900 – 13 January 1973) was an Australian businessman and politician. He was a leader of the Western Australian secession movement in the 1930s, holding office in the Dominion League of Western Australia.