ABC Newslink Muted response to republic legislation Saturday 17 April, 1999 (2:49am AEST) Only a small number of Australians have taken the opportunity to comment on legislation for this year's republic referendum. Fewer than 100 submissions had been lodged by the deadline for public comment. The Government released two Bills for public discussion just over five weeks ago, giving people until yesterday to comment. Although a precise number is not yet available, the Government says the number of comments received by last night's deadline was about 80. The two Bills set out procedures for the nomination and election of a president, as well as removing references to the monarch and defining the president's powers through changes to the Constitution. The public submissions will now be considered and may lead to amendments to the two Bills. ------------------------------------------------------- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words: unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
