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Re:Canada's top court has overturned all restrictions on pro... by mseebach on Monday December 23, 2013 @02:41PM (#6956120)
Not sure where you're going with this? The Queen did dissolve parliament and wasn't ignored?
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Re:Canada's top court has overturned all restrictions on pro... by jacques_chester on Monday December 23, 2013 @11:53PM (#6958280)
The Queen did not dissolve Parliament. (Neither did the Governor-General during the Whitlam dismissal.)

The Queen has never, and cannot, do so in right of Australia, because her powers are irrevocably and excludably delegated to the Australian Governor-General.

In terms of dissolving any Parliament nominally under her sovereignty, it can only be done by the Queen or a Governor-General upon advice. The Queen can't do it of her own initiative. Neither can the Governor-General. They have to be told to do it by the Government of the day.

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