So who is watching the King’s Coronation or are you there

[Lynda2475]

Why not? King Charles is a fine servant of Australia.

LOL does absolutely nothing for Australia

 

[Skyring]

Shows how hardworking the royals are and exposes the whingers who complain about cost etc.



Why not? King Charles is a fine servant of Australia.

That's as may be but he is a total failure at representing Australia to the world. Paul Hogan does a better job.

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I'm not a fan of "reintepretation" being placed in the hands of the unelected.

Change it but do it the proper way...

Senior magistrates interpret the law. Parliament makes the law, and the people change the Constitution. Anything out of whack gets fixed after a few votes.

 

[Skyring]

It's never been about how good a job they've been doing (we've had a great Queen and a bad GG in the past), the million dollar question is how do you appoint the head of state and keep it an apolitical position.

We've done just fine so far. Ever since the Balfour Declaration/Statute of Westminster the PM has selected the G-G and the monarch has no choice but to accept the nomination. King George V wanted someone else - a British general - but he got overruled by James Scullin.

PMs appoint High Court justices. I can't see the PM appointing the Governor-General as a problem.

 

[Skyring]

If you are referring to "The Dismissal", then the Monarchy did nothing then, either. The recently released "Palace Papers" of the National Archives confirmed that, without a doubt, and blew away all the silly conspiracy theories.

Paul Kelly - the ultimate expert on the dismissal - wrote a book on the palace papers. What emerges is that there was no conspiracy. The Palace was hoping that Kerr would sort things out without any fuss; the last thing they wanted was any involvement. Kerr wanted to keep HM informed and sent over stuff, including newspaper clippings, showing what he was doing. Not that the Queen could do anything except act on advice from the PM. Presumably, the British High Commissioner was keeping his government informed.

Whitlam had no idea.

Bill Hayden, as Kelly notes, was certain that Kerr might not be quite the puppet Whitlam thought he was and warned Whitlam.

In the end, Kerr, instead of threatening to use his powers to end the impasse, actually used them without warning the PM of his intentions. A hell of a way to run a national government.

The only possible involvement of HM came with the possibility that Whitlam might advise the Queen to dismiss Kerr and appoint someone else as G-G, presumably someone more compliant with Whitlam's point of view. The late Sir David Smith had arranged a protocol with the Palace in the event of this happening. The Queen would have insisted on written advice, giving Kerr about 24 hours to sort out a conclusion.

 

[OATEK]

Chatting to QF10 CSM Luke on Tuesday, and the coronation came up. He said he had a friend over from AU staying with him who was keen to see the goings on. Luke counselled that the best place to watch was on TV, but the friend said he wanted to go. So off the they went to somewhere near Admiralty Arch where Luke said they were presented with a lovely view of thousands of umbrellas!

 

[Quickstatus]

The monarchy actually does a lot for Australia. Inspiration and support to charity, as a symbol of culture and tradition, and as an impartial constitutional umpire that underpins our democracy, liberty and prosperity. Maybe you find those qualities amusing but they're rather serious and important to reasonable Australians.

Charity: Im not sure cutting ribbons canbe classed as support, but I suspect they do get not eyes on the charity. I would put them in the category of an "influencer" - but obviously with a robust following.

Culture and tradition: I prefer the Westminster system of government and the traditions of English law. Though there are some elements of English law which are IMo not as good as the US system.

Constitutional umpire: not an umpire. However, I think the Governor General serves an important function here with its very limited but important executive and reserve powers which should never be in the hands of the government. I much prefer this system to a republic.

 

[mrsterryn]

Didn't get to watch the cornation live , however did end up seeing snippets. It just seemed liked history , with the old rules , regulations and paraphernalia. Which I thought was amazing to see.

 

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