Some conventions are explicitly legislated ; for example, it is conventional in the United States and in Germany that motorists drive on the right side of the road, whereas in England, Australia, Mauritius and Barbados they drive on the left.

They had the right to " reserve " legislation passed by the Parliament of Australia: in other words, to ask the Colonial Office in London for an opinion before giving the Royal Assent.

Standing ( left to right ): Walter Stanley Monroe ( Prime Minister of Newfoundland | Newfoundland ), Gordon Coates ( Prime Minister of New Zealand | New Zealand ), Stanley Bruce ( Prime Minister of Australia | Australia ), J.

Within Australia, the right to silence derives from common law.

* 1992 – The High Court of Australia rules in Dietrich v The Queen that although there is no absolute right to have publicly funded counsel, in most circumstances a judge should grant any request for an adjournment or stay when an accused is unrepresented.

No earlier evidence of human occupation has been found, but the island almost certainly formed part of the land bridge used for the settlement of Australia and New Guinea by at least 40, 000 BC There is no evidence of Homo erectus having reached Sulawesi ; crude stone tools first discovered in 1947 on the right bank of the Walennae river at Berru, which were thought to date to the Pleistocene on the basis of their association with vertebrate fossils, are now thought to date to perhaps 50, 000 BC

* In the 6 June 2007, second season, eleventh episode of The Chaser's War on Everything, the possibility of Tinky Winky being homosexual was parodied when the Chaser's tested the Peel Hotel ( in Collingwood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia )' s gaydar ( the hotel's Peel dancebar was given the right to ban heterosexual patrons ) with a Tinky Winky costumed figure that acted in a stereotypical homosexual fashion.

* December 18 – Women in South Australia become the first in Australia to gain the right to vote and to be elected to Parliament.

Here they occur from the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia right around the east coast up to Cape York in Queensland.

A planned tour of Australia and New Zealand was postponed after the King suffered an arterial blockage in his right leg, which was operated on in March 1949.

In other democracies e. g. Australia, however, citizens have a positive right to vote but they don't have a negative right to not vote, since non-voting citizens can be fined.

In Australia and England, there is no right of oral examination of opposing parties in civil litigation.

He said of Australia, “ They ’ ve got their priorities right, they're dedicated to lying in the sun, knocking back ice-cold beer ”.

The Act provides for the right of barristers and solicitors to practice in Federal courts, it provides for suits by and against the Commonwealth and the States, as well as for procedure in the High Court of Australia.

Although the Christian right is usually associated with the U. S., the movement has been a key factor in the politics of Canada, The Netherlands, Northern Ireland and Australia, among others.

The foreign relations of Australia have spanned from the country's time as Dominion and later Realm of the Commonwealth to become steadfastly allied with New Zealand through long-standing ANZAC ties dating back to the early 1900s, and the United States throughout the Cold War, to its engagement with Asia as a power in its own right.

In 1894 the women of South Australia achieved the right to both vote and stand for Parliament.

Realising that an academic career would be barred from him by the right wing university authorities in Australia, Childe then turned to getting a job within the leftist movement itself.

In this way songlines were established, some of which could travel right across Australia, through as many as six to ten different language groupings.

Australia reserves the right to progressively implement the prison standards of Article 10, to compensate for miscarriages of justice by administrative means rather than through the courts, and interprets the prohibition on racial incitement as being subject to the freedoms of expression, association and assembly.

From a lookout in Border Ranges National Park, NSW Australia looking over the Tweed valley with The Pinnacle distinctive in the centre right.

My one idea when going into bat was to make runs for Australia.

Tridgell was also a leader in hacking the TiVo to make it work in Australia, which uses the PAL video format.

Phillip had a very difficult time assembling the fleet which was to make the eight-month sea voyage to Australia.

British architects Brenda and Robert Vale have said that, as of 2002, " It is quite possible in all parts of Australia to construct a ' house with no bills ', which would be comfortable without heating and cooling, which would make its own electricity, collect its own water and deal with its own waste ... These houses can be built now, using off-the-shelf techniques.

Travelling in remote areas in northern Australia is not advisable during the wet season ( November to April ), as heavy tropical downpours can quickly make dirt roads impassable.

According to the Australian government's June 2006 publication of prison statistics, Aborigines make up 24 % of the overall prison population in Australia.

In Australia, Canada and the United States electrical engineers make up around 0. 25 % of the labor force ( see < span id =" demographics_back "> note </ span >).

* RASH ( 2005 ), a feature documentary about Melbourne, Australia and the artists who make it a living host for illegal artwork called street art.

The song Far Away in Australia sung by the Irish ballad group The Wolfe Tones portrays the sorrow of two young Irish lovers who are separated when the male youth is forced to make his living far away in Australia, leaving his girl behind.

In 2011 evidence was uncovered in neighbouring East Timor, showing that 42, 000 years ago these early settlers had high-level maritime skills, and by implication the technology needed to make ocean crossings to reach Australia and other islands, as they were catching and consuming large numbers of big deep sea fish such as tuna.

During the 1970s, Marvin resided off and on in Woodstock, caring for his dying father, and would make regular trips to Cairns, Australia to engage in marlin fishing.

The NTA established the National Native Title Tribunal ( NTTA ) to make native title determinations in the first instance, appealable to the Federal Court of Australia, and thereafter the High Court.

After World War II, Australia was the first country to make the drug available for civilian use.

The band continued to make appearances through 2006 and 2007, culminating in their first-ever appearances in Australia.

The unique features of the platypus make it an important subject in the study of evolutionary biology and a recognisable and iconic symbol of Australia ; it has appeared as a mascot at national events and is featured on the reverse of the Australian 20 cent coin.

If it were to make its way into wild populations in areas such as Australia, it could create a population boom, as those diseases are the most serious threats to rabbit survival.

In early 1838 the colonists became concerned after it was reported that convicts who had escaped from the eastern states may make their way to South Australia.

Both shows get higher total ratings in the UK than in Australia ( the UK has three times Australia's population ) and the UK networks make a major contribution to the production costs.

* 1957 – President Ngo Dinh Diem of South Vietnam becomes the first foreign head of state to make a state visit to Australia.

The first make of this configuration of scuba regulator was the Porpoise, which was made in Melbourne, Australia by Ted Eldred.

Doll Revolution was a solid comeback success in Germany after the Bangles had performed in Germany's biggest television show Wetten dass, but failed to make any impact in other important markets such as the UK, the U. S. and Australia.

With the United States ( and its 36. 1 per cent slice of developed-world carbon dioxide ) out of the picture and Australia also refusing ratification, Russia was required to make up the difference ; hence, it could delay the process.

Skurfing is a sport that has many origins but is said to be created in Australia and New Zealand with bindingless hand shaped boards designed specifically for towing A ' skurf board ' was lent to Jeff Darby and friends in Queensland, Australia who started to make their own and who later came in contact with Tony Finn who was to later produce their brand ' Skurfer ' under royalty.