• Bill Shorten renews calls for Australia to become a republic
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I call for Australia to become a prison colony again
[QUOTE=Coppermoss;47007446]In all seriousness, who would replace the Queen on the currency?[/QUOTE] Probably an aboriginal who made a huge impact on Australia like mabo or something household I suppose
Anything for shorten to try and stay relevant. He's a piss poor opposition leader.
[QUOTE=Jame's;47006271]The Monarchy is great. Why would you want to rid of it?[/QUOTE] the monarchy is only partly useful in the UK because they represent locations for a lot of tourism. australia has none of that [editline]25th January 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=MisterMooth;47006393]People say this literally every time someone calls for a republic. We'd never become a republic if this is going to be the go-to response. There's always going to be more "pressing issues".[/QUOTE] we can't pass laws to allow for equality within civil liberties, there are more pressing issues* * a totally subjective skewed and selfish mindset
[QUOTE=Coppermoss;47007446]In all seriousness, who would replace the Queen on the currency?[/QUOTE] "Australia can never become a Republic because we have literally no one [I]or no thing[/I] in all our years of history and geography that could possibly be put on our currency"
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;47009708]"Australia can never become a Republic because we have literally no one [I]or no thing[/I] in all our years of history and geography that could possibly be put on our currency"[/QUOTE] Make bitcoin your national currency.
The monarchy argument is always extremely bad even in the case of Britain itself. Why any commonwealth country would even think about sustaining it is beyond me, and has no defense.
[QUOTE=zpiscool;47009173]Forgive me my ignorance but what exactly would this change in Australia?[/QUOTE] The only thing it would change is who appoints the governor general, the person is already picked by us, but the Queen has to sign off on it. That's it, we cut legislative ties years ago, and even though the GG is supposed to be the queens representative (And therefore the head of state), they actually "answer" to our PM.
The U.S. is a republic. Don't do it.
[QUOTE=draugur;47010281]The U.S. is a republic. Don't do it.[/QUOTE] The US is a Presidential republic. If we were a republic we'd be a Parliamentary republic (with a ceremonial President as head of state). Big difference, because Presidential systems are shit.
[QUOTE=Antdawg;47010738]The US is a Presidential republic. If we were a republic we'd be a Parliamentary republic (with a ceremonial President as head of state). Big difference, because Presidential systems are shit.[/QUOTE] Presidental system is the best system. I can't give you any other reason why that is true other than the fact that the US is one.
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