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Don’t wait until the Queen dies to become a republic : Comments
By Mike Keating and David Donovan, published 5/10/2010Republicans are used to monarchists manufacturing myths to try to scare people away from a republic.
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We have reactive politicians in the major parties in this country, who are led by media magnates who employ news and current affairs editors looking for the off-beat story that may, by chance, end up driving some form of shallow, ill-considered, minimalist constitutional change that preserves the status quo interests of those who run this country.
It's all a sad reflection of our lack lustre political culture. Our 'leaders' are afraid to lay out bold visions and strategic plans before us. Any excuse will be given to avoid the overdue root and branch reforms needed for good governance in Australia.
Unless we change all the current power relationships, including moving from a monarchy to a directly elected head of state with full Presidential powers, and a constitutional role for empowered local communities while simultaneously eliminating wasteful and unneccessary state governments, then we stand no chance in realising the opportunity of achieving a massive boost to our national productivity and quality of life that can benefit the next 10 generations.