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Re: Australian Republic?

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Originally Posted by Amazulu (Post 8085357)

How would/could they prevent it?

The 1.5 million British warrior drones implanted in Australia will take the country by force.....starting with the Great Battle of Joondalup! :D

Re: Australian Republic?

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Originally Posted by bcworld (Post 8085391)

The 1.5 million British warrior drones implanted in Australia will take the country by force.....starting with the Great Battle of Joondalup! :D

:)The Brits could send their navy but they no longer have one!

Re: Australian Republic?

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Originally Posted by balkanghost (Post 8084427)

"We are not British - that's why a republic is so important. Independence is about taking pride in our unique culture. THE 10th anniversary of the referendum reminded me that I should dust off the old ''Young Australians for a Republic'' banner in the shed and drop it off at the national archives."

When is going to happen?

I think Australia should become a republic and to be honest I think most British people wouldn't really care.

However, is it really necessary for the article to be such a bitter swipe at the UK? It came across as if the author went on a Contiki tour stayed in London and didn't like it.

Re: Australian Republic?

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Originally Posted by Amazulu (Post 8085404)

:)The Brits could send their navy but they no longer have one!

What about the massed ranks of pedalo's from Alton Towers and Longleat Zoo, etc and certainly not forgetting those most feared battlecruisers known as the Cambridge and Oxford punts!

Re: Australian Republic?

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Originally Posted by bcworld (Post 8085391)

The 1.5 million British warrior drones implanted in Australia will take the country by force.....starting with the Great Battle of Joondalup! :D

Bring it on im up for it:thumbsup:,right now where did i put my fighting knife;)

Re: Australian Republic?

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Originally Posted by Amazulu (Post 8085404)

:)The Brits could send their navy but they no longer have one!

They'd be swamped by boat people on the way down here:D

Re: Australian Republic?

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Originally Posted by Amazulu (Post 8085404)

:)The Brits could send their navy but they no longer have one!

Re: Australian Republic?

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Originally Posted by Lord_Farquar (Post 8085438)

The RN is no longer a blue water navy. It is a coastal defence force.

Re: Australian Republic?

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Originally Posted by Amazulu (Post 8085404)

:)The Brits could send their navy but they no longer have one!

seeing as my son is a serving member of the Royal Navy it evidently is still there :p

Re: Australian Republic?

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Originally Posted by bithbheo (Post 8085479)

seeing as my son is a serving member of the Royal Navy it evidently is still there :p

See post #23

Re: Australian Republic?

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Originally Posted by Brav (Post 8085344)

Since I'm not British I'm ignorant on this subject, however, would Australia still remain a Commonwealth should it choose to become a republic?

Of course. There are plenty of republics in the Commonwealth.

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Originally Posted by iamthecreaturefromuranus (Post 8085348)

"It would give you one additional position at most"

...and how much backup/entourage would that post start to acquire?.

No more than the PM. It would certainly cost a lot less than paying for the House of Lords.

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How much would it be a direct rival to the Prime Minister?.

It wouldn't. The role of president is not a political one.

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As for the House of Lords... isn't that still Australia's highest legal court?.

No.

Until 1963, the High Court regarded decisions of the House of Lords binding, and there was substantial uniformity between Australian and English common law.

In 1978, the High Court declared that it was no longer bound by decisions of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, the last appeals to the Privy Council were abolished by the Australia Acts of 1986, and there is now a measure of divergence between the two common law systems. Nevertheless, decisions of the High Court and the House of Lords are regularly cited in argument and relied upon in the courts of the other country.

(Source).

The High Court is the highest court in the Australian judicial system. It was established in 1901 by Section 71 of the Constitution. The functions of the High Court are to interpret and apply the law of Australia; to decide cases of special federal significance including challenges to the constitutional validity of laws and to hear appeals, by special leave, from Federal, State and Territory courts.

(Source).

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Originally Posted by Lord_Farquar (Post 8085405)

It came across as if the author went on a Contiki tour stayed in London and didn't like it.

She probably did! :D

Re: Australian Republic?

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Originally Posted by Amazulu (Post 8085462)

The RN is no longer a blue water navy. It is a coastal defence force.

Disagree they are constantly at sea all over the world ...:p

Re: Australian Republic?

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Originally Posted by Amazulu (Post 8085480)

See post #23

did see it and remarked on it

Re: Australian Republic?

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Originally Posted by bithbheo (Post 8085483)

Disagree they are constantly at sea all over the world ...:p

Lost probably:D

Re: Australian Republic?

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Originally Posted by Amazulu (Post 8085462)

The RN is no longer a blue water navy. It is a coastal defence force.

If those two new carriers ever get built they are going to look mighty strange parked off the end of Blackpool Pier