<P> Legislative independence has been paralleled by a growing divergence between Australian and English common law in the last quarter of the 20th century . In addition, a large body of English law received in Australia has been progressively repealed in state parliaments, such as in New South Wales by the Imperial Acts Application Act 1969 . </P> <P> Australian Republicanism emerged as a movement in the 1990s, which aims eventually to change Australia's status as a constitutional monarchy to a republican form of government . </P> <P> Discussion of the sources of Australian law is complicated by the federal structure, which creates two sources of written constitutional law: state and federal--and two sources of general statute law, with the federal Constitution determining the validity of State and federal statutes in cases where the two jurisdictions might overlap . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Wikisource has original text related to this article: Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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