Early Monarchist post with comments.

New Whig

14 May 2013 ·

Now Geoff Gallop, former premier of Western Australia is having a go. He puts forward the same, tired arguments, but there is a poll at the end and anyone can respond, please do.

Republicans: sorry monarchists, we're here to stay

The annoying thing for monarchists in Australia is that despite the referendum, Queen Elizabeth and the attractiveness of the younger Royals, the…

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New Whig Here is my response to Mr Gallop. He repeatedly refers to the British Monarchy, as if it is a foreign institution. Firstly, the Australian Crown is now separate from the other realms that share our Monarch. Secondly, and most important, all our publ...See More

Like · Reply · 1 · 14 May 2013 at 17:46

James Perkins I agree, what to do about the reserve powers is problematic. Even nothing might not turn out to be 'nothing', if electoral mandates are involved.

I certainly don't want Australia to lose its Parliamentary character to a US style-presidency.

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James Perkins Shouldn't we have a head of state that is a citizen of this nation?

Our institutions are not British, they are Australian! Straight out of the gate we were a more democratic nation than the UK. How many women could vote over there in 1901?...See More

Like · Reply · Message · 17 May 2013 at 22:44

New Whig You are way off. The person who does all the acts of head of state is the Governor General, not the monarch. You are right that we have made all our institutions our own, but they are not just vaguely based on the British ideas but are intrinsically ...See More

Like · Reply · 17 May 2013 at 22:52

James Perkins Calling the Monarchy 'Australian' doesn't make it so. And I understand what a governor general does. I also understand that Common Law certainly is important for law-making and human rights in Australia. Becoming a republic won't change that; British C...See More

Like · Reply · Message · 17 May 2013 at 23:12

New Whig Better than the car analogy is our shared language. We still speak English, though we have an Australian accent and a lot of our own words. However, it is the same language and no one can deny its origin. In answer to your other point, it is the Crown that is separate and now uniquely Australian, not the Monarch who wears it.

Like · Reply · 18 May 2013 at 07:27