Sentence examples for commonwealth matters from inspiring English sources

A spokesman for GVK Hancock said: "It's important to not just look at one aspect of our approval conditions at Abbot Point, as we will contribute in excess of $25 million on a range of contributions and environmental management programs in the Abbot Point area, despite the proposed dredging having no significant residual impact to commonwealth matters of national environmental significance".

Douglas-Home, as before, concentrated on east-west and Commonwealth matters.

But there's a commonwealth and it matters.

In theory, the state government administers internal matters, while the Commonwealth government is responsible for defense, foreign policy, immigration, trade, customs and excise, postal services, and air and sea transport.

In 1967 the general electorate overwhelmingly supported a constitutional amendment to increase Commonwealth powers in Aboriginal matters.

The Commonwealth is concerned with matters of National Environmental Significance (e.g. rare or endangered species, and water quantity and quality), while the State is concerned with mineral rights, local environment, and social impacts.

Essentially, they make money through numerous fees they charge no matter how CommonWealth's share price performs in the stock market, leading one research firm, Green Street Advisors, to brand the Portnoy funds "uninvestible".

It can be argued that this Commonwealth government has not helped matters.

The nature of the Sanhedrin in the last years of the Jewish commonwealth is a much disputed matter.

Because the matter involved the commonwealth director of public prosecutions, Rinaudo wrote to the federal attorney-general, George Brandis, to raise concerns about the possible offences.

But Britain's entry meant that the Commonwealth would be less and less a matter of material ties and more and more one of tradition and sentiment.