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JACQUI LAMBIE COMEBACK STILL A POSSIBILITY AFTER TEARFUL SENATE FAREWELL
A constitutional expert told AAP on Monday there are doubts around Senator Lambie's possible replacement, Devonport Mayor Steve Martin... READ MORE›
SPAIN COULD ALLOW REFERENDUMS, SAYS FM
The move is in recognition of the events in Catalonia, where the regional government was deposed after the unilateral declaration of independence... READ MORE›
ARE THERE MORE AUSTRALIA DUAL CITIZEN MPS?
Australia's highest court made a long-awaited decision on Friday about seven politicians caught up in a dual citizenship saga, ruling five of them ineligible for office... READ MORE›
FORMER PRIME MINISTERS COULD'VE BEEN DUAL CITIZENS
His claim came as Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull criticised Senate President Stephen Parry after he resigned because of his dual citizenship... READ MORE›
BURUNDI'S CABINET GIVES BACKING TO EXTENSION OF PRESIDENT'S RULE
Burundi cabinet okays legal reforms to allow nkurunziza stay on... READ MORE›
JAPAN SHARES JUMP AFTER SHINZO ABE WINS BIG IN GENERAL ELECTION
That means he is on track to become Japan's longest-serving prime minister... READ MORE›
SPAIN, CATALONIA BATTLE TO THE END OVER INDEPENDENCE BID
Pro-independence supporters cheer and wave estelada or pro independence flags in Barcelona, Spain... READ MORE›
OUR DEMOCRACY PASSED A HEALTH CHECK TRUMP HAS FAILED
What the High Court citizenship decision says about the health of our democracy... READ MORE›
SPAIN PREPARES FOR PURGE OF CATALONIA POLICE FORCE REBELS
The calling of elections in Catalonia would not paralyse the parliamentary processing of Article 155... READ MORE›
OVER 1,500 COMPANIES LEAVE SPAIN'S CATALONIA AMID FEARS OF INDEPENDENCE REFERENDUM
It is in response to the fears for a unilateral declaration of independence after the region held a self-determination referendum on October 1... READ MORE›
CATALAN LEADERS READY TO DEFY SPANISH GOVERNMENT DIRECT RULE OVER THE REGIONA
The Mossos have been accused of siding with the Catalan government act and not assisting the court-ordered efforts to prevent the referendum... READ MORE›
JAPAN'S ABE CLAIMS LANDSLIDE WITH TOUGH NORTH KOREA POLICY
Japan's Shinzo Abe claims victory with tough North Korea policy... READ MORE›
ARTICLE 155: THE NUCLEAR OPTION THAT COULD LET SPAIN SEIZE CATALONIA
Whatever Mr. Rajoy's government decides, Spain's judiciary could also step in more forcefully and even order the arrest of Mr. Puigdemont and others for sedition... READ MORE›
IS THIS THE CONSTITUTIONAL KEY TO UNLOCK THE CRISIS IN CATALONIA?
One option open to Mariano Rajoy's government is to invoke an obscure and never-before- used part of Spain's 1978 constitution, article 155... READ MORE›
CATALAN PRESIDENT ACCUSES MARIANO RAJOY OF IGNORING CALL FOR TALKS
However, according to the Catalan government, 770,000 votes were lost through the intervention of the Spanish police... READ MORE›
SPAIN CELEBRATES NATIONAL DAY AMID POLITICAL TURMOIL
Spain is preparing to celebrate its National Day amid a continuing political crisis sparked by Catalonia's disputed independence referendum... READ MORE›
AUSTRIA WANTED TO BAN BURQAS. NOW IT ALSO FINES MASCOTS AND STOPS CYCLISTS WHO WEAR SCARVES.
For one thing, most Austrians still refer to the new law as a burqa ban, despite officials' efforts to forestall such shorthand... READ MORE›
HUNDREDS GATHER IN BARCELONA AHEAD OF PRO-SPAIN RALLY
Hundreds of people are gathering in central Barcelona ahead of a rally to protest against the Catalan government's push for secession from the rest of Spain... READ MORE›
SPAIN'S PM SAYS COULD USE CONSTITUTIONAL POWERS TO STOP CATALAN INDEPENDENCE
The conservative prime minister added he would not call a snap national election as a result of the political crisis and ruled out using mediation to resolve it... READ MORE›
SPAIN'S FM SAYS CATALAN CLAIMS OF VIOLENCE EXAGGERATED
TALKING EUROPE Spain's Foreign Minister Alfonso Dastis has spoken to FRANCE 24 as the ongoing crisis over Catalonia's push for independence shows little..... READ MORE›
CAN CATALONIA DECLARE INDEPENDENCE FROM SPAIN?
9 June 2017 Carles Puigdemont, who has replaced Mas as regional president, announces an independence referendum will be held on 1 October... READ MORE›
SPAIN'S SECURITY FORCES MAKE SURE POTENTIAL POLLING STATIONS CLOSED IN CATALONIA
The ministry has confirmed that most of the buildings are closed while others have people gathering inside in order to hinder the job of security forces ... READ MORE›
THE MOST POWERFUL IMAGES FROM CATALAN REFERENDUM
Violence has broken out in Catalonia during a massive police operation to halt an independence referendum which Spain's constitutional court has suspended... READ MORE›
SPAIN HAS CATALONIA INDEPENDENCE VOTE TECHNOLOGY DISMANTLED
Earlier, Spain's foreign minister said the Catalan regional government's plan to hold an independence referendum was a mockery of democracy... READ MORE›
CATALONIA VS MADRID: WHO WILL WIN ON SUNDAY?
In clear sign that Catalonia means business the autonomous region unveiled a new ballot box in preparation for Sunday's October 1 referendum on secession from Spain... READ MORE›
CATALAN LEADERS COMPARE SPAIN TO NORTH KOREA AFTER REFERENDUM SITES BLOCKED
As well as arresting 14 Catalan government officials and seizing almost 10m ballot papers, police and the courts have been taking down websites connected to the referendum... READ MORE›
TIMELINE FOR THE SEVEN REFERENDUMS YOU'LL BE VOTING IN OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS
Revealed Timeline for the seven referendums you'll be voting in over the next two years... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : Constitution
WAS SYRIA ATTACK LEGAL? FRAMERS WOULD SAY NO
TheyA can and should immediately take up legislative debate on the matter of military action in Syria... READ MORE›
GERMANY'S TOP COURT REJECTS BID TO BAN FAR-RIGHT NPD PARTY
The country's constitution says thatA plaintiffs must prove a party's ideology is combative and aggressive and poses an active threat to democracy, DPAA reported... READ MORE›
CATALONIA CALLS INDEPENDENCE REFERENDUM FOR OCTOBER
Spain politicising courts to block referendum, says catalan minister... READ MORE›
INSIDE ALEC AND THE CORPORATE PUSH FOR A CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION
Republican Wisconsin state Sen. Kapenga recently sponsored a resolution in the Wisconsin legislature calling for a constitutional convention to introduce a balanced budget amendment... READ MORE›
SECRET PLANS TO 'PROTECT' FRANCE IN THE EVENT OF LE PEN VICTORY EMERGE
France's constitution does not oblige a prime minister to step down when a new president is elected... READ MORE›
FORMER CATALAN PRESIDENT DEFIANT BEFORE TRIAL OVER SECESSION VOTE
Artur Mas accused of criminal disobedience for holding symbolic independence referendum in Catalonia in 2014... READ MORE›
ARMED MEN FREE INMATES FROM JAU PRISON NEAR MANAMA
Security forces launched a manhunt for the attackers and the escapees, the interior ministry said on Twitter on Sunday... READ MORE›
'AFTER 3 YEARS, I'M THIRSTY': N.B. MAN SAYS AFTER COURT NIXES BORDER BEER LIMITS
LeBlanc ruled Section 134 b of New Brunswick's law violates Section 121 of the Constitution and dismissed the charges against Comeau... READ MORE›
THE RIGHT-WING PRESS IS USING BREXIT TO BEAT ANYONE WHO DOESN'T AGREE WITH THEIR SINGLE-MINDED RHETORIC
The court found, in line with a simple, centuries old, proud British constitutional principle, it is Parliament who makes the law... READ MORE›
ROMANIAN MINISTER RESIGNS AFTER ANTI-GRAFT PROTESTS
Romania's top judicial watchdog has filed a constitutional court challenge to the decree, which will take effect in 10 days unless blocked by a court ruling... READ MORE›
CATALAN PRESIDENT GIVES INSTRUCTIONS ON TWITTER AFTER REFERENDUM WEBSITE BLOCKED
Catalonia is the heart of the next great battle in cryptography... READ MORE›
ITALY'S BREXIT MOMENT? THE COMPLEX CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM THAT COULD ROCK EUROPE.
It will be Italy's third constitutional referendum In 2001 voters approved changes to the constitution, but in 2006, proposals were rejected... READ MORE›
FOOTAGE SHARED BY POLITICIAN CAPTURES VENEZUELAN POLICE IN HORRIFIC BEATING OF LONE MAN
The UN Refugee Agency called on the Venezuelan government on Friday to respect the opposition's right to protest and to not use excessive force against protesters... READ MORE›
JUSTICE MINISTER FLORIN IORDACHE RESIGNS AFTER PROTESTS
Romania's justice minister has resigned after huge nationwide protests over government efforts to weaken anti-corruption laws through a decree... READ MORE›
HUNGARY MPS TO VOTE ON EU QUOTA
Of those who voted, 98 percent supported Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban's call to block the quotas... READ MORE›
AS SNOW CREEPS DOWN FROM HIMALAYAS NEPAL RECONSTRUCTION STALLS
MANEBHANJYANG Nepal On a steep slope in the foothills of the Himalayas one recent afternoon Omnath Timilsena surveyed what remains of his earthquake-ravaged village in Nepal... READ MORE›
THAI EX-PM DENIED RIGHT TO TRAVEL
Yingluck Shinawatra's brother is ousted former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra who ruled the country from 2001 to 2006 and is still said to be an influential figure... READ MORE›
CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY VOTES TO REMOVE LUISA ORTEGA
Venezuela's controversial new assembly has voted to remove the country's dissident attorney general, Luisa Ortega, after security forces surrounded the entrance to her office in Caracas... READ MORE›
FRENCH MINISTER CHRISTIANE TAUBIRA RESIGNS AMID TERROR ROW
Born in French Guiana, Ms Taubira has suffered racist taunts from the far-right during her time as justice minister... READ MORE›
OPPOSITION DEMONSTRATIONS AS POLAND FACES CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS
Tomasz Siemoniak, a Civic Platform leader, accused Law and Justice of declaring war on the state of law in Poland... READ MORE›
MATTEO RENZI RESIGNS, ENDING ITALYS 63RD GOVERNMENT IN 70 YEARS
The budget was passed on Wednesday, and Mr. Renzi formalized his resignation soon after... READ MORE›
ANALYSIS | MADURO WANTS TO REWRITE VENEZUELA'S CONSTITUTION. THAT'S ROCKET FUEL ON THE FIRE.
A survey published this week by the respected Datanalisis polling firm found that 85 percent of Venezuelan respondents were opposed to Maduro's plan for a constitutional assembly... READ MORE›
VENEZUELA SEARCHES FOR REBELS AFTER DEADLY CLASH AT ARMY BASE
A search is under way in Venezuela for 10 men who escaped with weapons after an attack on a military base, President Nicolas Maduro says... READ MORE›
POLISH OPPOSITION LEADERS CALL FOR ADDITIONAL DEMONSTRATIONS
Despite being ousted, the protesters vowed to remain at the gates of Parliament... READ MORE›
PARK GEUN-HYE'S IMPEACHMENT TRIAL STARTS IN SEOUL
Nearly a month after the national assembly voted to impeach President Park the constitutional court is at last hearing the arguments on both sides... READ MORE›
JAPAN EXIT POLLS SUGGEST BOOST FOR PM ABE IN SENATE ELECTION
Voting has closed in Japan's parliamentary election, with exit polls suggesting Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will increase his majority... READ MORE›
JAPAN PM ABE'S 'HOLY GRAIL' OF REVISING PACIFIST CONSTITUTION INCREASINGLY ELUSIVE
Abe's proposal to clarify the military's ambiguous status by revising the constitution's war-renouncing Article 9 would be hugely symbolic in Japan... READ MORE›
LUISA ORTEGA 'FEARING FOR HER LIFE' FLEES TO COLOMBIA
Luisa Ortega Diaz and German Ferrer arrived in Bogota on Friday afternoon aboard a private plane travelling from Aruba, Colombian migration authorities said in a statement... READ MORE›
NEPAL ELECTS FIRST FEMALE PRESIDENT
Mrs Bhandari is Nepal's second president since then... READ MORE›
MAURITANIA SENATE ABOLISHED IN REFERENDUM
He called the referendum after the Senate rejected his proposals to change the constitution... READ MORE›