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Related, but not so great that I wanted to submit it: The Betoota Advocate: King sends nice portrait to the Mint in case they change their mind about the $5 Note
Peter Dutton, describing it as “another attack on our systems, on our society and on our institutions”.
It could perfectly be VOX's Santiago Abascal talking about the king of Spain. They really come out of cookie cutters.
I'm happy to do the opposite of anything Dutton wants to do
Can we just abolish the monarchy already.
After watching events as they play out this year in the USA, I doubt there would be a lot of support in the electorate to remove checks on power in Australian governments.
I personally would not want to.
Our system, however flawed, is the result of a millenia of learning what works for most people.
America's system is only a few hundred years old and has already collapsed.
I'll stick with the Westminster system under a monarchical head of state if it means we don't slip in fascism
I'm not so sure that we're not sliding into fascism?
Dutton seems to be modelling his campaign on Trump's.
He's hardly going to usher in a new era of tolerance and inclusion.
Unfortunately a lot of western countries are sliding far right. This happens after mass events such as covid. Fascism never goes away. It just gets beaten into submission until we let our guard down and it finds a way to rear its ugly head again.
The monarchy is a rubber stamp at best, and a foreign actor at worst (Whitlam Dismissal).
Though I agree, this year may not be the best time. Over the next decade where we cross our t-s and dot our i-s, still a totally good as time as any to become a republic.
Republic doesn't mean the USA. Thankfully.
We don't need an executive with way too much power
U mean the check on power that was used by the CIA to coup us cos we wanted to investigate what the us was doing in pine gap on OUR soil?
All I want is to abolish the governor general keep everything else exactly the same.
Yes, that check on power. John Kerr acted because he knew that Whitlam was going to sack him and he dismissed the PM in a preemptive strike. He did not involve the Queen in his decision and he completely overstepped his (implied) authority. I don't deny the one time the Governor General used their power to dissolve a government was an utter shitshow, but corrections were made in the wake of that act and I am confident there won't be a repeat on just the whim of a future Governor General.
I was too young at the time to understand anything about the Pine Gap angle, but while I can see Whitlam losing power was good for US interests, I don't believe they were directly involved in events as they played out. Kerr denied CIA involvement (of course he would) and Whitlam agreed that Kerr had more than enough incentive to act without the CIA being party to proceedings.
All I want is to abolish the governor general keep everything else exactly the same.
And I want to keep the government answerable to someone who can veto bills and force a new election in an emergency like we are seeing in the USA. Even if those powers were never used again.
Unfortunately Labor is scared of referendums now because the Voice failed.
Australians rarely vote "yes" in a referendum. Our rate is 8 positive results in 45 (source).
@Nath the twist is that the ‘no’ side only needs to convince half of Tasmania, SA and WA in order to close it down.
Odd examples. WA is 23/45 - it's the state most likely to vote Yes, I think.
Results have come down to 3:3 among the states a few times, but I think WA was Yes each time.
Yeah. They really didn't read the room on that, amongst other things.
Not a fucking chance.
After watching the bullshit in the US go down my god having the crown capable of removing a tyrant is now more critical than Menzies.
No more cocksucking whale huh.
RIP 😢🍆🐋
The year is 2086. Not much is left. A junkie rambles to himself in a pile of garbage, asking nobody in particular for a smoke.
He forgets himself for a moment and pulls out a tattered, somehow-stained-brown $5 note. He folds it in half, and giggles to himself.
The final cocksucking whale ever performed.
Look, what I'm trying to say is the cocksucking whale will live on in our hearts. And wallets. (This news hit me hard ok?)
As long as the new design still lets you put a 78° fold in it to make it look like a whale giving a blowjob I'm all for it
Oh sick.
I hope they let the public vote on the submissions, but I doubt it.
I dunno if I really trust the public to make good decisions anymore though.
$5 should be a coin by now. It's worth less than $2 when we coined it in the 80s.
Is putting the images of conquered people on the currency of the society we replaced them with really a sign of respect?
Yes.
Hey we're sorry about the referendum, here's a picture on a fiver instead.
your so right we should only have the conquerers on it.
That's not what I said ya stupid flog. I reckon native plants and animals would be best.