Whitlam Dismissal | 11 November 1975, ABC TV

http://abc.net.au/tv | An ABC News summary of the events leading up to and including the 1975 dismissal of Gough Whitlam's Labor Government.

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[liverpoolmatt87]

@artyfarty3 a constitutional monarchy is a halfway house of absolute rule and republican rule of which retains the charisma of kings (or queens) yet at the same time caters for the democratic urges of their subjects.

constitutional monarchy has also solved the problem of how to modernise the governance of countries where ancient beliefs about the divine right nature of kings (or queens) are still prevalent.

brenda ralph lewis from the book monarchy a history of an idea.

[liverpoolmatt87]

@liverpoolmatt87 and not the privy council.

[liverpoolmatt87]

@artyfarty3 that's not a conclusion that's a self evident assumption unsupported by any facts or proof that australia is not a free country (like a lot of republicans make). Australia is definitely 110% free and independent. the constitution act clearly states that all states are clear to make their own laws for their own state. And the australia act 1986 had repealed s4 from the statute of westminster 1942 and also making the high court the final court of appeal.

[liverpoolmatt87]

@artyfarty3 plus what proof is there to prove that the referendum is rigged?

[liverpoolmatt87]

@liverpoolmatt87 and I say "her" because we have a female GG

[liverpoolmatt87]

@liverpoolmatt87 So yes I do know what the consitution act says because I have a softcopy of it. you're just misquoting of what the sections actually says (like most republicans do).

[liverpoolmatt87]

@artyfarty3 lol actually section 2 states : A Governor-General appointed by the Queen shall be Her Majesty's representative in the Commonwealth, and shall have and may exercise in the Commonwealth during the Queen's pleasure, but subject to this Constitution, such powers and functions of the Queen as Her Majesty may be pleased to assign to him.

[liverpoolmatt87]

@artyfarty3 the bill of rights also explains the uncodified right of the reigning monarch of assigning or denying powers to certain people in the constitution or appointing a pm or dismissing a pm. it is the same case in australia with the governor general, the GG has that same uncodified right to those reserve powers but still subjected to the australian constitution.

[liverpoolmatt87]

@artyfarty3 Secondly, even though the queen is head of the commonwealth she does not command the commonwealth of nations nor the commonwealth realms, she is just a symbolic representative. Lastly, there is a difference between a dictator and a constitutional monarch, all commonwealth realms are free to make their own laws with their pm's. the queen or the governor general protects those laws

[liverpoolmatt87]

@artyfarty3 I doubt that you did any research at all to state such a self evident argument. the bill of rights 1689 is a point of fact a stepping stone to form a democratic system with the reigning monarch bounded by the constitutional laws of parliament. Meaning that parliament are the government and the reigning monarch a seperated branch with less powers but plays a ceremonial role. the commonwealth of nations was formed in 1953 as an organization which stands for human rights