Father Jack
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That's Queensland for you though.Which has never coughed up, haha, Clive Palmer or Pauline Hanson.
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That's Queensland for you though.Which has never coughed up, haha, Clive Palmer or Pauline Hanson.
You think we'd fill that position off a non-majority vote? Preferential voting is an excellent system and I can see no reason whatsoever that we'd move away from that.Who says that preferential voting will happen in this instance? It's one vote for one person to fill one position.
You think we'd fill that position off a non-majority vote? Preferential voting is an excellent system and I can see no reason whatsoever that we'd move away from that.
The Monarchy is an excellent system and I can see no reason whatsoever that we'd move away from that.
The Monarchy is a ridiculous unrepresentative antiquated system that has no place in a modern democracy and it is beyond ridiculous that we have it inflicted on a country to whom the Monarchy doesn't even belong. We should decide who represents our country as Head of State and the manner in which they represent it.The Monarchy is an excellent system and I can see no reason whatsoever that we'd move away from that.
The Monarchy is an excellent system and I can see no reason whatsoever that we'd move away from that.
It is an excellent system if the monarch lives locally and acts in a way like they are the embodiment of the character of the nation.
We are not a constitutional monarchy.
We don't really have a Queen. We can't have Queen Liz II as our Queen. A monarch by definition can only be the head of one state. In her case the United Kingdom.
What are we? "the Commonwealth of Australia,[13] is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands."
To my mind, it was John Kerr that sacked the Whitlam government. The Queen was just advice and consent.
by that measure, no government money should be spent on anything but homelessness until homelessness is sorted out.What would actually change as a republic?
We'd get a president, a new flag, new money, and a new constitution (of which very few actually know what's in)
It'd be so damn costly, and shouldn't even be looked at until homelessness is sorted out
Why don't we just ditch the Queen and just have a Prime Minister as Head of Government and State.
Why don't we just ditch the Queen and just have a Prime Minister as Head of Government and State.
Can anyone provide an argument that:
a) Australia requires a Monarch,
and
b) Australia requires a President.
Why don't we just ditch the Queen and just have a Prime Minister as Head of Government and State.
Educate me. What monarch (as opposed to a emperor/empress) has ruled over more than one sovereign state?We are.
A monarch can reign in multiple monarchies simultaneously. History is littered with monarchs who ruled / reigned in multiple states.
Australia has a legally separate Australian monarchy, the monarch acting with regard to Australian affairs exclusively upon the advice of Australian ministers.
The reserve powers exercised by the Governor-General are vested in the person of the monarch of Australia.