The question of whether the Senate would ever block supply again remains uncertain.
The opportunity was also taken to remove the Council's ability to block supply.
It is often a constitutional convention that the upper house may not block supply.
The Senate had the right under Section 53 of the Constitution to block supply.
They could not, because U.S. pressure had blocked supply from any non-Communist source.
The Country-Liberal Coalition moved to block supply as well and brought the government down.
The ability of upper houses to block supply also features in the parliaments of most Australian states.
The ability to block supply was the origin of the 1975 Australian constitutional crisis.
The council can block supply and force any government to election.
Fraser told Kerr that the Opposition were determined to block supply.