Originally Posted by
psycho joe
This is Australia.
It is that is correct but about 80% of the Australian Constitution is based on the United States (line up the Articles and Chapters and you will see that they align in terms of what they cover and many words are similar, along with the separation of powers). As such, US Constitutional thought does have a bearing on the decisions of our High Court considering the similar origins of our entrenched Constitutions and much of the jurisprudence is similar so it is actually relevant and the U.S. Constitution has been cited a number of times in the High Court's opinions and judgements. This is no different to the way that older 'parent' documents such as Magna Carta have sometimes informed decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court because they represent an origin or influence just as the U.S. Constitution does in the Commonwealth of Australia.