You might think of Ping-Pong as a leisure-time hobby played in dingy garages and billiard clubs â a paddle in one hand and a beer in the other. But itâs a high-energy sport (yes, thatâs right, a sport) thatâs played by hundreds of millions of serious athletes worldwide. Sure, Ping-Pong, or table tennis in competitive circles, is a fast-paced, fun game to play with your drinking buddies in their rec rooms.
A combination of the separate constitutions developed by six British colonies (now the six States of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia) led to the development of the Australian Constitution, which came into effect upon federation in 1901.
James Madison, the principal original author of that documentâs original text who also wrote the first 10 Amendments, wrote in the Federalist Papers that âThe powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. â Federalist Paper #45, paragraph #9.