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"Kerr's Proclamation Dissolving Parliament"
on Google, and you can read the proclamation and hear some talking...And some "boo"-ing, actually. ...

I got interested in Australia's government shutdown of 1975 as our own, what is it, 17th "shutdown" continues, boggling reason...

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PROCLAMATION
By His Excellency, the Governor-General of Australia

WHEREAS by section 57 of the Constitution it is provided that if the House of Representatives passes any proposed law, and the Senate rejects or fails to pass it, or passes it with amendments to which the House of Representatives will not agree, and if after an interval of three months the House of Representatives, in the next session, again passes the proposed law with or without any amendments which have been made, suggested, or agreed to by the Senate and the Senate rejects or fails to pass it, or passes it with amendments to which the House of Representatives will not agree, the Governor-General may dissolve the Senate and the House of Representatives simultaneously:

ANDWHEREAS the conditions upon which the Governor-General is empowered by that section of the Constitution to dissolve the Senate and the House of Representatives simultaneously have been fulfilled in respect of the several proposed laws entitled -

II  Health Insurance Levy Act  1974
II  Health Insurance Levy Assessment Act  1974
II  Income Tax (International Agreements) Act  1974
II  Minerals (Submerged Lands) Act  1974
II  Minerals (Submerged Lands) (Royalty) Act  1974
II  National Health Act  1974
II  Conciliation and Arbitration Act  1974
II  Conciliation and Arbitration Act (No. 2)  1974
II  National Investment Fund Act  1974
II  Electoral Laws Amendment Act  1974
II  Electoral Act  1975
II  Privy Council Appeals Abolition Act  1975
II  Superior Court of Australia Act  1974
II  Electoral Re-distribution (New South Wales) Act  1975
II  Electoral Re-distribution (Queensland) Act  1975
II  Electoral Re-distribution (South Australia) Act  1975
II  Electoral Re-distribution (Tasmania) Act  1975
II  Electoral Re-distribution (Victoria) Act  1975
II  Broadcasting and Television Act (No. 2)  1974
II  Television and Stations Licence Fees Act  1974
II  Broadcasting Stations Licence Fees Act  1974

NOWTHEREFORE, I Sir John Robert Kerr, the Governor-General of Australia, do by this my Proclamation dissolve the Senate and the House of Representatives.

[[ He dissolves them.  ("We're melting!...melting...!!") ]]

(L.S.)  Given under my Hand and the Great Seal of Australia on 11 November 1975.

By His Excellency's Command,
MALCOLM FRASER
Prime Minister

JOHN R. KERR
Governor-General

God Save The Queen!

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