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Defence
This page considers defence and national security under
the Australian national Constitution, particularly in
relation to cyberspace.
It covers -
introduction
Section 51(vi)
of the national Constitution gives Parliament power to
make laws for the "peace, order, and good government
of the Commonwealth" regarding the
naval
and military defence of the Commonwealth and of the
several States, and the control of the forces to execute
and maintain the laws of the Commonwealth
the States
Section 114 of the national Constitution prohibits the
states from raising or maintaining "any naval or
military force" without Commonwealth Parliament consent.
The Commonwealth is obliged under s 119 to
protect
every State against invasion and, on the application
of the Executive Government of the State, against domestic
violence.
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