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The Future The Australian Monarchist League is fully aware that the hope and dreams of Republicans has now come true with the election to Government of a political party whose policy is to implement constitutional change. We acknowledge that a referendum and even a plebiscite is a part of our democracy and consequently have no objection to either, provided the questions asked are fair and not ambiguous, such as 'Do you want to have an Australian as Head of State'. This phrase, although sounding good, is absolutely meaningless and gives no indication of any proposal for serious constitutional change. In any event under our system, it is the Head of Government, the Prime Minister, who makes the final decisions, backed by his Cabinet. To have the sort of 'Australian as Head of State' being lightly bandied about would only complicate and even frustrate our structure of governance, whereas, under our current system of Constitutional Monarchy, the Governor-General plays no part whatsoever in party politics, His job is to represent The Crown, which is vested in the people, and to ensure that the provisions of the Constitution are adhered to. The Australian Monarchist League will oppose any moves to make Australia into a Republic for no other reason than that we sincerely and honestly believe that our system of government under a Constitutional Monarchy, although far from perfect, is the best - and indeed the most modern - system yet devised. By limiting the ambitions and greed of our politicians, has it not made our nation of Australia a truly great country in which to live? back to top of page |
