Report to the Constitutional Commission / Advisory Committee on Trade and National Economic Management

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Australia. Constitutional Commission. Advisory Committee on Trade and National Economic Management
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TRADE AND NATIONAL ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT Report of the Advisory Committee to the Constitutional Commission 1987 1
REPORT TO THE CONSTITUTIONAL COMMISSION 7
CONTENTS 11
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 19
ABBREVIATIONS 20
PREFACE 21
SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 25
INTRODUCTION 37
PART ONE LEGISLATIVE POWERS 45
PART TWO FISCAL POWERS 173
PART THREE REGIONAL ECONOMIC PREFERENCES 213
PART FOUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT 249
APPENDICES APPENDIX I THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND NATIONAL ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT: ANNOTATED TERMS OF REFERENCE 267
APPENDIX II PUBLIC HEARINGS 277
APPENDIX III WITNESSES APPEARING BEFORE THE COMMITTEE 279
APPENDIX IV PERCEPTIONS OF THE AUSTRALIAN ECONOMY 285
APPENDIX V THE OVERSEAS TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION: COMMENTS ON THE AMENDMENT OF S. 51 (v) 291
APPENDIX VI THE PROTECTION OF OWNERSHIP RIGHTS 295
APPENDIX VII MODERN DEVELOPMENTS IN THE LAW OF COPYRIGHT, PATENTS OF INVENTION, DESIGNS AND TRADE MARKS 299
APPENDIX VIII CURRENT COMMONWEALTH LEGISLATION AND ACTIVITIES IN THE URANIUM AREA 323
APPENDIX IX SECTION 51 (xx): THE OPINION OF MR W.R. McCOMAS 327
APPENDIX X NATIONAL COMPANIES AND SECURITIES LEGISLATION: THE OPINION OF SIR MAURICE BYERS QC 333
APPENDIX XI CONSUMER PROTECTION: PROBLEM AREAS 343
APPENDIX XII CONSUMER PROTECTION: ‘MIRROR’ LEGISLATION 351
APPENDIX XIII PHRASING A COMMONWEALTH CONSUMER PROTECTION POWER 359
APPENDIX XIV SECTION 51 (xx): THE OPINION OF THE FEDERAL ATTORNEY-GENERAL’S DEPARTMENT 367
APPENDIX XV NATIONAL COMPANIES AND SECURITIES LEGISLATION: THE SUBMISSION OF THE LAW SOCIETY OF NEW SOUTH WALES 373
APPENDIX XVI THE COMMONWEALTH-STATE CONSULTATIVE PROCESS ON TREATIES 377
APPENDIX XVII THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT (FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE) ACT 1986 381

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