Secession - Can a State or person secede from Australia?

This video answers two questions from viewers. The first is why Western Australia failed in its attempt to secede from Australia in the 1930s. The second is whether a State or a person can secede from Australia today. The video discusses the Western Australian secession campaign, the referendum passed in the State in favour of secession, and how the State petitioned the Westminster Parliament to amend the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 to withdraw Western Australia from the Commonwealth and to establish it as the Dominion of Western Australia, with the same constitutional status as the Commonwealth of Australia. It explains why a Joint Select Committee of the Westminster Parliament refused to 'receive' the petition, taking into account the provisions of the Statute of Westminster (which had not yet been adopted in Australia) and constitutional practice in the United Kingdom, which required the consent of the Commonwealth before it would legislate. The video addresses what would be needed for the Commonwealth Constitution to be changed today, to permit secession, and how the position is different today because the Westminster Parliament no longer has power to amend the Commonwealth Constitution in a way that would affect Australia. It concludes by discussing the validity of claims by individuals to have seceded from Australia and established their own separate countries. It notes some of the court judgments that have rejected these claims as invalid.