australia the section australia begins however section nine of the statute of westminster allowed the colonial laws validity act to have continued application in the six australian states and the australian capital territory this allowed the british parliament to continue to pass legislation concerning the states and territory but s mentions only the states and if the statement is correct for the act which i doubt presumably it would also be correct for the other territories so that they too should be mentioned any objection to removing the words and the australian capital territory and and territory