Selwyn Johnston… Independent Advocate

With an election looming, the republican forces are again beating their chests in an effort to gather support for a ‘plebiscite’ having failed in their first attempt at Australia becoming a republic in 1999.

“Do you want a republic with an Australian Head of State?”

This appears to be the question coming from the ‘Change for Change’s Sake Brigade’ that will ask, via a ‘plebiscite’, to radically change Australia’s Constitution, and which will ultimately place more power in the hands of politicians.

A majority of Australians believe, without question, ‘it is inevitable Australia will NOT become a republic’ for two (2) primary reasons, as the question poses two separate issues; firstly, “Do you want a republic…” and secondly, “… with an Australian Head of State?”

Why would Australians want to change Australia’s current system of Constitutional Monarchy which was rated number two in the world of nations, by the 2001 United Nations ‘prosperity and peace survey’ of nations, as the best and safest method of government yet devised… to deliver peace, freedom and prosperity?

Why are republicans still flogging the same dead horse over ‘we only want an Australian ‘Head of State’ when in fact, Australia’s Governor-General, who acts in accordance with established and generally rules of practice known as ‘conventions’, carries out the duties of our Constitutional ‘Head of State’, and which has been the tradition of all Australian-born Governor-Generals for almost fifty (50) years?

Republicans, still coming to terms with their failure in ‘referendum’ one, facing dismal failure in ‘plebiscite’ one, are being confronted by people demanding that no more time, effort and taxpayer dollars be wasted on this totally and hopelessly un-necessary example of the “Change for Change’s Sake Brigade” nonsense.

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