Yet again we have the clowns who masquerade as democrats advertising their naive adolescent opinions.
It is not us, the voters of Australia, who need to grow up Lyn, but yourself.
I, for one, don't care what you or anyone else thinks about our Constitution as long as it works well. You can call it "not grown up" until you are blue in the face, but until you produce a better option you are simply a fool for trying to undermine what we have.
Republics have a dreadful history of instability due to politicians getting delusions of grandeur and ignoring the rules.
The wonderful thing about our system is there is not just one but two people (the Queen and the Governor General) who have the power to sack the Prime Minister if he doesn't follow the rules.
If you care about Democracy why don't you stand up against State politicians changing constitutions without a vote?
Hulls in Victoria has done this at least three times.

This really is a 15th order issue, Lyn. Don't you have a job to do somewhere? You should try it some time, it might actually win you a vote or two. I can just see it all now, "Elected President clears congestion", "New Republic finds more water", or my own favourite, "New Constitution saves planet".

The trouble with views like these posted by Bull:
'The wonderful thing about our system is there is not just one but two people (the Queen and the Governor General) who have the power to sack the Prime Minister if he doesn't follow the rules.'

...is that: who sacks the Queen if she doesn't follow the rules? Not the Australian people. Who elects the monarch? No-one, she/he gets the job as a birthright. The only person in the triumvirate who is accountable to the Australian people is the PM. I, and a majority of Australians, don't want an unelected foreigner as head of Australia, and I don't think anyone should be restrained from saying it whether the Queen is in Australia or not.

The queen is a top Aussie.

http://www.geocities.com/topaussieguide/index.htm

wrap your opinions around that.

Hi Guys,

On second looking (I am a skim reader), my apologies the above link could be viewed as distateful. Some may like it but i encourage this to be not viewed.

My apologies all.

Australia is one of the last outposts of the British Empire we have a British Queen to rule over us, we have a British Empire Flag, be thankful for what we have,the Queen pays us a visit so remember we are her loyal subjects, bulldust I want to see her leave and never return, I want a new flag that informs the world we are Australian; our ad hoc flag has past its use by date, it needs to be taken down with respect folded handed to Her Majesty as a going away present, my advice to the royalists if you want to be British you know where you should be,