I understand that the people of Australia may require Australians to change their political direction. From being linked and backed by the English monarch.
History tells us that the first white man that discovered Australia was Captain Janes Cook, as part of the first fleet, from England. From there on in, we were a British ruled penal colony and later our country stayed under British rule as the population grew. Click here for Captain James Cook details
Look, relation to whether we become a republic or not should be put to the people in a Federal Referendum. I would currently sit on the fence here on this issue, for a couple reasons.
Firstly, if we were a republic, of course we cut our ties with England and the Commonwealth which men in a sporting way no ' Commonwealth Ganes', No Governor-General and no Commonwealth Heads of Government Meetings (CHOGM). So what does that mean politically, Leader of the republic is the final leader. Everything as a decision is done and stays within Australia. Which could mean we have no one else to blame but us - if things go wrong. Then again, when things go right, we would be providing recognition to ourselves.
Secondly, on the negative, there will be no Queen's honours on special days. No Queen's birthday to celebrate or even King's birthday. I hope not, but should Australia be dragged into any war with any neighbours, will England and the Commonwealth help us in need, if we were a republic. Our taxes will then be retained in Australia
What will we be known as a country ' Republic of Australia' and our anthem change to possibly, 'Bless This Australian Republic'? Who knows?
I note that within the Commonwealth there are 54 republic countries, so maybe we could stay within the Commonwealth. We will see if this debate goes further than in 1999, when Malcolm Turnbull took this on within the country and it failed. Times change and people change, it might have a stronger force this time.
So, if we remain the same, we retain our pride, flag, national anthem, Queen's honour list, entry into Commonwealth Games and our identity as fellow Australians.
So, what's this got to do with Albo? Hidden agenda - change the country to a republic! Surprised - Bingo. How do we do this? We appoint a Minster for Republic, Matt Thistlewaite 'Thistlo', who was shaking hands with the Governor-General he would like to get rid of.
I'm now thinking, we need a Minister of the Monarch as well, Minister for Referendum, Minister for Integral Commission and finally, Minister for Ministers. Here I'm joking!
My problem here is Albo said he will be saving money but he is getting taxpayers to pay for a Minister we don't need. A waste of money, in my books!
If Scomo would have done this, I would have felt the same but he didn't have a hidden agenda.
Click here for story from The Guardian
Click here for Labor Republic Agenda
*Albo represents Anthony Albanese, Thistlo represents Matt Thistlewaite, Scomo represents Scott Morrison
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