Senator Don Chipp, founder of the Australian Democrats Party, famously observed that the role of the Senate was to 'keep the bastards honest'.He was referring to:
A) the power of the Senate to veto any law proposed by the executive government in the Lower House.
B) the power of the executive government over the Upper House of parliament.
C) the fact that a law proposed by the executive government will almost automatically be passed by the Upper House.
D) the power of the Lower House to veto any law proposed by the executive government.
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