Rulebook
Australia's federal laws, measured
Every rule the Commonwealth makes traces back to one short document. This site starts there, and will go on to measure every Act of Parliament: how big each is, when it was made, how often it has changed, what it makes an offence and how it has fared in the High Court.
- Words in the Constitution
- 11,661
- Sections
- 128
- Referendums held
- 45
- Referendums carried
- 8
The Constitution
Each tile is a section. Select one to read it.
Chapter I The Parliament · 5,662 words
Chapter IV Finance and Trade · 2,493 words
Chapter VIII Alteration of the Constitution · 439 words
The Schedule · 91 words
Coming next
- Every Act of Parliament: about 13,700 Acts since 1901, 4,800 of them in force, with their size, age, amendments and the government that made them.
- What the Acts do: the offences each creates, how many carry strict liability, and the powers it hands to ministers to make further rules.
- The High Court: which laws have been challenged, and which sections of the Constitution the Court relies on most.