...dangerous because it could lead to a violation of clause 16 of the Federal Constitution which reads: "The Commonwealth shall not make any law for establishing any religion or for opposing any religion and no religious test shall be requested as a qualification for any office or...

...is more symbolic in its meaning since it does not apply to the individual states. The clause reads: The Commonwealth shall not make any law for establishing...any office or public trust under the Commonwealth. There is an effort currently being made to develop the legal meaning of this clause by doing something...

...religious freedom is a fullblown one adapted from the United States model. It reads as follows: 116. The Commonwealth shall not make any law for establishing...any office or public trust under the Commonwealth. This strong declaration is out of character with the larger design of the Australian constitution,...

...addresses the issue of religious rights, declaring that, “The Commonwealth shall not make any laws for establishing any religion, or for imposing any...religion, and no religious test shall be required as a qualification for any public trust under the Commonwealth” However, s 116 applies only to the federal...

...Irving justified her ‘astonishment' by citing Section 116 of the Constitution. Section 116 prescribes that ‘the Commonwealth shall not make any law for...religion, and no religious test shall be required for any office or public trust under the Commonwealth'. The part that Irving found relevant is the...

...The Commonwealth shall not make any law for establishing any religion ('theestablishment clause'), or for imposing any religious observance, or for prohibiting the free exercise of any religion ('the free exercise clause'), and no religious test shall be required as a qualification for any office...

...conscience, religion, thought, belief and opinion" (Article 14.1). Asia and Oceania: Australia (1986) "The Commonwealth shall not make any law for establishing any religion ... or for prohibiting the free exercise of any religion" (Chapter V); India (1950), "The State shall not discriminate...

...contributors to this volume demonstrate, it can be achieved and it must be constantly sought after. ENDNOTES 'The Commonwealth shall not make any law for establishing...any office or public trust under the Commonwealth'. At the same time the Australian constitution of 1901 is framed in terms of Christianity, 'humbly relying...

...v Whitfield (\9&&) 165 CLR 360; Zines, 1997, pp. 136^t3. 88 Compare for example the text of s. 116 ('The Commonwealth shall not make any law for establishing...any office or public trust under the Commonwealth.') with the relevant parts of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution ('Congress shall make...

...provision limiting the power of the Commonwealth. Section 116 of the Australian Constitution provides: 'The Commonwealth shall not make any law for establishing...any office or public trust under the Commonwealth'. Although this provision has strong resemblances to the First Amendment to the United States Constitution,...