Should Australia become a Republic?

[Imalive]

Yes, garden parties and opening things

Lol reminds me of the husband of our former queen. He was funny. He said: my core business is cutting ribbons.

 

[Confessional Lutheran]

So, what responsibilities would Australia's chief executive theoretically have, once the monarchy's been erased from your Constitution, [MENTION=60]MoreCoffee[/MENTION]?

 

[MoreCoffee]

So, what responsibilities would Australia's chief executive theoretically have, once the monarchy's been erased from your Constitution, [MENTION=60]MoreCoffee[/MENTION]?

Well, opening Parliament, having garden parties, and cutting ribbons. No policy powers and no executive powers.

 

[Confessional Lutheran]

Well, opening Parliament, having garden parties, and cutting ribbons. No policy powers and no executive powers.

So, your president wouldn't also be the Commander in Chief of your Armed Forces?

 

[MoreCoffee]

So, your president wouldn't also be the Commander in Chief of your Armed Forces?

I hope not. That would be like having a king who can do things. Yuck!

 

[Confessional Lutheran]

I hope not. That would be like having a king who can do things. Yuck!

:Nooo:

 

[MoreCoffee]

:Nooo:

Australia definitely does not want a USA style president. That would be terrible. In fact we think that the USA system is terrible! Get rid of it! Become a proper representative democracy.

 

[Confessional Lutheran]

Australia definitely does not want a USA style president. That would be terrible. In fact we think that the USA system is terrible! Get rid of it! Become a proper representative democracy.

Uh, I'm just one United States citizen. I'm sure the other Americans would argue that the system's worked for us for 241 years and we'd ask why we ought to replace a system that had at one time seen us at superpower status.

 

[MoreCoffee]

Uh, I'm just one United States citizen. I'm sure the other Americans would argue that the system's worked for us for 241 years and we'd ask why we ought to replace a system that had at one time seen us at superpower status.

The UK was a world power on a grander scale than the USA and its system of parliamentary democracy is older than 500 years though it has evolved over that time.

 

[Confessional Lutheran]

The UK was a world power on a grander scale than the USA and its system of parliamentary democracy is older than 500 years though it has evolved over that time.

Quite right and lest we forget, it was the UK's colonization efforts in the New World that ultimately led to both the creation of the United States of America and the Dominion of Canada ( which remained under British rule until fairly recently).

 

[Imalive]

Quite right and lest we forget, it was the UK's colonization efforts in the New World that ultimately led to both the creation of the United States of America and the Dominion of Canada ( which remained under British rule until fairly recently).

They should have stayed w the Dutch. Then you'd have New Amsterdam instead of New York. Ah well. You still have coleslaw.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipe..._ANGLIAE_NEC_NON_PARTIS_VIRGINIAE_TABULA'.jpg

 

[Albion]

New Amsterdam? Much harder to type and get on the stationery than "New York."

 

[tango]

The UK was a world power on a grander scale than the USA and its system of parliamentary democracy is older than 500 years though it has evolved over that time.

The UK's system in many ways isn't so different to the US system. We have constituencies that return an MP, rather than the popular vote meaning anything.

The US system with the electoral college has worked for 200+ years. It's merely unpopular when a Democrat candidate wins the popular vote but loses the election which merely demonstrates the electoral college doing what it was meant to do, namely returning the candidate with the broadest appeal rather than appealing to highly concentrated voter bases in a few major cities.

 

[Pedrito]

Post #38:

Why does Australia need to be a republic anyway or have a queen? They only have kangaroos living there.

That’s why Australia has the jump on other countries.

 

[psalms 91]

Yes and we could send Donald there and he could be your president, MC would love it

 

[Imalive]

Yes and we could send Donald there and he could be your president, MC would love it

They can start a restaurant together. MC Donald.

 

[user1234]

They can start a restaurant together. MC Donald.

Outstanding post of the month! :hiphiphooray:
How do I nominate it for an award? :cheer:

 

[MoreCoffee]

Yes and we could send Donald there and he could be your president, MC would love it

We'd sack him

Here a "President" would have no executive powers and one tweet like Donald's would mean that the Prime Minister would sack him.

 

[Imalive]

 

[Confessional Lutheran]

We'd sack him

Here a "President" would have no executive powers and one tweet like Donald's would mean that the Prime Minister would sack him.

So you expect professionals to act professionally?? Wow, what a concept.

:smirk: