Australians all let us rejoice,
For we are young and free
WE ARE YOUNG
Because the British, in giving Australians their independence just over a hundred years ago, created an entirely new country out of their former six Colonies.
WE ARE FREE
Because, ten years earlier in 1891, the Australian patriots, Samuel Griffith, Charles Cameron Kingston and Edmond Barton drafted a Constitution to suit the specific requirements of the new nation of Australia. In doing so, they based the Constitution on the British system of Westminster but bettered it by adding from the Constitution of Canada and those of the republics of the USA and Switzerland.
The Australian Constitution is therefore a uniquely Australian creation, and was voted for and adopted by the Australian people of the time.
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| OUR CONSTITUTION PROTECTS US |
For over a century, our Australian Constitution has worked unobtrusively in the background ensuring that our young nation remains democratic and free. It is a hundred years younger than the American Constitution, and far less cumbersome and politically invasive. In its more than a century of existence as a nation, Australia has had no civil unrest and no constitutional crisis and has an unparalleled record of political and economic stability which have ensured the development of our new nation into the magnificent country it is today. We are recognised as the seventh oldest continuous democracy and are often listed within the top five developed nations of the World.
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| THE CROWN PROTECTS CONSTITUTION |
Our Founding Australian Fathers also ensured that the power and authority of the nation would be vested in The Crown but they made The Crown subject to the will of the people by ensuring that the Constitution could only be changed by the people and not by politicians themselves, as is the situation in the United Kingdom.
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| NO POLITICS PLEASE! |
In all republics the prime ministers and presidents, or heads of state, are political appointees, beholden to politicians, but under our system of constitutional monarchy the monarch, presently The Queen, occupies an hereditary position and the Governor-General, although recommended by the prime minister, is appointed by the Monarch which means that these positions are totally above politics and impervious to political influence.
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| AUSTRALIAN HEAD OF STATE |
Her Excellency Ms Quentin Bryce AC, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia.
Republicans proclaim that the people want a republic, but they certainly didn't in the last referendum. and today there are no street or other protests calling for change. In fact many polls show a continuing rise in support for our Constitutional Monarchy.
Some say that not having an Australian Head of State is embarrassing for politicians and diplomats overseas. Notwithstanding the fact that the Governor-General is Australian and is our effective head of State and Commander in Chief, do foreign leaders actually care? Our system is different from most others. We have a Head of Government in the Prime Minister who exercises administrative control and a Governor-General who is more like a benevolent Trustee, well above politics.
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| A NEW FLAG FOR A NEW COUNTRY |
Following a competition on a new flag for our new country in 1901 our current Australian flag was chosen. So many brave Australians have tragically died under it in two World and lesser Wars. It is beloved by the Australian people, but if we were ever to become a republic and lose our Constitution, we will also certainly lose our magnificent flag.
Becoming a republic will not increase overseas trade or Australia's prestige, but removing the apolitical checks and balances could well affect our democracy and our freedoms.
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| FURTHER |
The Governor-General, following appointment, carries on the business of an effective Head of State without any reference whatsoever to The Queen. The Governor-General is also, under the terms of the Constitution, the Commander-in-Chief of the Australian Defence Forces.
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The Queen may attend the 150th Melbourne Cup
Wednesday, 3 February 2010 Last week the Vice-Regal Notes on the website of Her Majesty’s Representative in the State of Victoria, the Governor of Victoria, had an interesting note. On Saturday 30th January 2010 it registered: The Right Honourable Christopher Geidt, CVO, OBE, Private Secretary to Her Majesty The Queen, arrived to stay at Government House. This is not unusual, but considering Premier John Brumby’s meeting with his Queen at Balmoral Castle in October 2009 and his declaration after the audience, that he had invited The Queen to attend to 150th Melbourne Cup in November 2010, a visit of Her Majesty’s Private Secretary cannot be considered a coincidence. On 2nd February Victorian Racing Minister Rob Hulls, who with his other hat as the state’s Attorney-General had decreed a month ago that The Queen will be replaced by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in Victoria’s legal system, refused to reveal to The Age whether or not The Queen had been invited to attend Australia's premier horse race. "I know that the Queen is a great racing fan, and I honestly don't know whether or not she has any plans to come here," he told reporters. It was “up to her” if she wanted to attend the 150th Melbourne Cup he stumbled into the TV cameras. As if she would fly to Melbourne just because she wanted to see a good horse race. But who would expect a nice and friendly invitation by someone with the freezing charms of Rob Hulls? radical royalist
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WHERE'S THE LOGIC IN BECOMING A REPUBLIC?
There are absolutely no rational grounds for becoming a republic, but there are many logical and sound reasons for remaining as we are, not the least of which is our proven system of stable and secure government under our Australian Constitutional Monarchy.
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