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At times like these we should be grateful for our Constitution : Comments

By John de Meyrick, published 7/7/2016

The ‘crisis-breaker’ that a country needs at such times is a respected, independent head of state with the ability and authority to control and resolve any dysfunctional government situation.

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Hilarious

** Although by its essential need to be highly respected, widely accepted, entirely independent and impartial, it should never be a role filled by popular election or by a person of political affiliation or known political persuasion.**

Where on earth would you did someone like that from in this country?

Far better to stay with the status quo.
Posted by SF, Thursday, 7 July 2016 9:10:09 AM
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The current result is largely down to the conservatives who are becoming increasingly on the nose with the electorate!

What needs to happen to resolve the impasse and myriad tails trying to wag the dog is another election! ASAP! Only this time with some strong Leadership at the helm along with a raft of much more savory and imaginative policies!

There can be no hint of a whiff of a suggestion that an electorally palatable Leader (Malcolm) can be used simply to win the election then be rolled in favour of a much more conservative leader and non core promises that can then be simply rescinded! Yawol?

And when a promise is made to be honor bound by a simple majority plebiscite! It can't be conditional upon a result the conservatives like!

Cory and his crew need to be shown the door least we have a repeat of this outcome! Gone are the days when autocratic leaders can force their will on the populace then wait for an election three years down the track to see wether it and they stand? And hopefully not affected by a confected emergency or massaged xenophobia!?
Alan B.
Posted by Alan B., Thursday, 7 July 2016 10:45:31 AM
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Truth from a professional. Pity about the two bird-brained responses.
Posted by ttbn, Thursday, 7 July 2016 10:51:54 AM
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Would you call our current GG impartial and non political denominational. That is absolute crap.
Posted by doog, Thursday, 7 July 2016 11:04:09 AM
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Doog,

If you think that it is "crap" to believe that our GG is impartial and incapable of making decisions, it is only fair that you enlighten us as to why this is so. Do you have knowledge of the General that the the rest of us do not have? Are you prepared to publicly accuse the GG of being unfit for office?

A learned man writes an article about the safeguards our system can solve in the case of our quite common, ordinary, current political situation, and you decide that it's a opportunity to slander the highest officer in the land. A man who is far above any politician and who has done more for this country than all of the political class combined.

When can we expect your stunning expose of the truth about our Governor General?
Posted by ttbn, Thursday, 7 July 2016 12:05:41 PM
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Being a great mate of your saviour Abbott and selected by you know who one would expect birds of a feather stick together.
Posted by doog, Thursday, 7 July 2016 12:45:02 PM
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Doog,

Not good enough. It's one thing to express your dislike of, and opposition to, to Tony Abbott and anybody else you disagree with, including me. It's an entirely different matter to cast aspertions against the Governor General, who you nothing about, and who has publicly never done anything he could be censured for. To say he must be dubious just because he was appointed by Abbott is just as unfair and silly as saying the same thing about a Labor-appointed GG - Quentin Bryce, for example, or Bill Hayden, both Labor appointees and both good, upstanding Australians worthy of the position; the latter being one of the very few politicians who could be respected by all, irrespective of political predilictions. As far as I am uware, there has been only one GG thought publicly not to be up to mark, and he did the right thing and resigned, even though the reason would have had no bearing on his ability to do the job. You clearly cannot and will not answer my question, but your unwarranted are remarks very grubby indeed. Politicians continually show that they are not worthy of respect, but the same cannot be said of our head of state.
Posted by ttbn, Thursday, 7 July 2016 3:02:28 PM
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Unelected citizens in positions of absolute power.
Posted by doog, Friday, 8 July 2016 8:25:40 AM
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The GG doesn't have absolute power.

In theory he has more power than the PM.

In practice he has no power.
Posted by mhaze, Friday, 8 July 2016 9:55:36 AM
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And, we've all seen the way our elected 'representatives' carry on. They represent themselves, not us; elected or not, they are actually dictators for 3 years. All we can do, is kick them out and elect another set of dictators for 3 years. The unelected GG and unchangeable legal backing for him or her, is our only protection against the political thugs. Why do you think these thugs want a republic?
Posted by ttbn, Friday, 8 July 2016 10:44:54 AM
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What the Republicans have missed is if you elect a head of state
you get a politician.
The last person you want in that job is a politician.
Posted by Bazz, Monday, 11 July 2016 5:34:48 PM
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