Looking for models for an Australian Republic?

Try the following:

http://www.republic.org.au/6models/index.htm

http://members.tripod.com/~ petergc/ConstRef/#Republic%20models

Can't believe this. You people want to cede even authority to the many lying politicians in our government? Unbelievable...

No one outside their carefully groomed list will ever be president. This means no true leadership and party-approved persons will be elected...FFS. Just think a little before you nod your heads in agreement to the submitter

Did anyone even check this guy's history? This is his only post here...very suspicious in my mind. Yet people just line up and believe the message without some critical thought going into it.

Foxy, 6 choices is exactly what defines our Australian problem. Also, republicans who say that the Queen of England is queen of another country choose to forget that only 107 years ago we were part of that other country.

Non-republicans are not all "monarchists", it is more the fact that we are realists and see that it is almost impossible to pass smoothly and "organically" from having a Head of State who is a delegate of a continuous monarchy to having one who is called a president. What powers would that president have? It would be a very complicated process resulting in much confusion, if anything, only leading to an unwelcome, rabbit-like multiplication of constitutional lawyers. We cannot say "Oh we'll just do what the Americans do" because every part of our political structure is different from theirs.

Much better to wait about 20 years and see how things pan out in Britain and work from whatever is happening when Queen Elizabeth's reign ends. There is absolutely no need to change now.

I find I can agree with you all.

Elect a President and you elect a politician !
The parliamentary system is far superior to the republican model
as demonstrated in the US, Pakistan and Zimbabwe etc etc.

Why could not the powers of the Governor General be vested in the
Chief Justice of the High Court ?

He would be a man who is knowledgeable of the law and if the
government tried to do something illegal, as did Whitlam he would
not need advice.

I can understand the drift away of Britain, after all it is no longer
a sovereign country as its laws are subject to veto by Brussels.

It's a tough one, but the last people to pick our president should be politicians. We can't trust them most of the time so how can we trust them with such an important decision?