Gough Whitlam and Malcolm Fraser - Yes ad

Gough Whitlam and Malcolm Fraser ad from the 1999 republic referendum in Australia.

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[syncstation]

What they were saying was nonsense. One main reason it failed was because we COULDN'T choose the new prez under the model they proposed. We would elect the government as always, then THEY would choose him or her.

[holdenrepublic]

@syncstation Whitlam and Fraser weren't MPs at the time this ad was published. The 1999 model was 2/3 of Parliament had to support one candidate, following public nomination.

[jpx08]

The Republic of Australia: It's Time!

[CMFrenchEsq]

@jpx08 Pro-monarchy voices are not becoming fewer and fewer, I myself am a constitutional monarchist in my 20s and of there are many young monarchists in both the Australians For Constitutional Monarchy and the Australian Monarchist League. I am well aware Australia is no longer British to the bootstraps, or a British outpost in the south seas but in this globalized era having a foreign head of state can be a blessing. My comments are hardly pro-British or pro-imperial.

[terrythekittie]

What makes you thing I have a phobia about England?..I lived and worked there for a year..was brought up on British comedy (Python, Cook etc.) and British rock (Beatles, Clash etc.) and love the language..not the same as being opposed to the British monarchy. The benefits a republic brings is a self belief to a nation, an independent spirit if you will...if you are ashamed to have a fellow country man or woman being head of state that says a lot about you.

[emucentral]

@terrythekittie Australia is a Constitutional Monarchy, Saudi Arabia is an Absolute Monarchy.

I prefer to live in a Constitutional Monarchy rather than an Absolute Monarchy or a republic.

There's no need for me to move anywhere, we are a Constitutional Monarchy and have been for over a century.

If you wish to inflict a republic upon the rest of us, please feel free to inform us of the real benefits it will bring - rather than the heartwarming schadenfreude felt by anglophobic racists.

[terrythekittie]

@emucentral - if you want to live in a monarchy then move to Saudi Arabia.

Unlike you I am not ashamed to have a fellow citizen as a head of state but obviously you are.

[russ9356]

2 wankers together lol

[Crosseyedpresident]

The problem I have with the 1999 referendum was not so much the fact that the President wasn't elected by the people (though that was a downside), but that it played to a more nationalist/patriotic attitude. It was almost entirely about how we should have an Australian head of state. Personally, I don't care what country our head of state is from, I just believe they should be democratically elected.

[emucentral]

@jpx08 Ah, if you want to live in a republic, why don't you move to North Korea, or China or your favourite republic.

Australia is already a Constitutional Monarchy, it has been for well over a century, and enjoys a better standard of living than most republics.

[Redcarpet01]

@CMFrenchEsq "and most republicans wanted a US model in 1999" No, they wanted a elected President who'd still be ceremonial.

[CMFrenchEsq]

@Redcarpet01 Expenses arguments aside, lets look at some factors against a republic: republicans cannot decide on the model, come on they have had over 10 years since the last referendum to get their act together, migrants from non anglo backgrounds support our Cst monarchy, most Australia's do not want a republic check recent polling on this and most republicans wanted a US model in 1999 which would be disastrous.

[Redcarpet01]

@CMFrenchEsq It'd be more expensive if they got a pay rise, etc, compared to the GG's atm, etc. But no one's even addressed that issue so stop grasping at straws.

[CMFrenchEsq]

@Redcarpet01 Its not fabricated nonsense the Queen has very rarely if ever used her powers over Australians. Imagine how much more expensive a Australian President would be to maintain. It only costs the average Briton 60p in maintenance of the Monarchy per day and no doubt much less for Australian's and other commonwealth nations who can share the very worthwhile burden.