How do any of you know that she doesn't already, past and present, donate substantial sums of money and efforts to charity? Admit it, you don't know! I notice that on this site the Tall Poppy Syndrome is alive and well. So many people can't stand the powerful, rich or influential. These Tall Poppy knockers all seem to have their little bit of dirt dug up, ready to fling at the next Tall Poppy on the horizon; especially if the Tall Poppy is of a different political or social persuasion. But let's not worry if it's factual, because the "truth" can so easily spoil a good tale.

She's a marvelous woman, highly intelligent and successful. How many of us here on this site have achieved even a semblance of what this woman has achieved? I think we know the answer to that one, don't we!

Please no personal attacks on the lady.

She is after all the Queen's Representative
under the Australian Constitution.

And as I stated in my opening post, her
credentials are very impressive.

So what is the objection?

Is it that she's a woman?

Is it that she's the Queen's Representative?

That she's 65 years old, an academic, lawyer,
mother with five children, five grandchildren,
was Governor of Queensland?

Your thoughts please?

Foxy,

I was going to ask why such a courteous person as your are uses entirely upper case characters in your topic titles, when just about every other opening poster observes the convention of largely using lower case, but then I noticed how this topical question about the most important person to Australia's polity was made to stand out comparably to the way in which the Sovereign's representative should, so I won't, at least not on this occasion.

And to answer your question, I can't think of a single good reason why, with around 50% of the people in Australia being female, she should be the last female Governor-General.

My thoughts, you ask? The name Becket comes to mind, if I may think transgendered thoughts.

Contrary to what Young Dan seems to imply was some failing in the discharge of her function as Governor of Queensland, I had gained the impression she had been 'kicked upstairs' because she had been being 'difficult' with respect to the manner in which the Queensland politicians wanted her to do her job. If she was in truth being 'difficult', that can only augur well for Australia at large now she is where she is. Any Vice-Regal appointee who is prepared to be 'difficult' with politicians can't be anything but good for the rest of us.

Former State Governor Sir Philip Game, and former Governor-General Sir John Kerr each ended up with one notch on their metaphorical gun butts. I would like to think Her Excellency Quentin Bryce might end up with six on hers, all at once.

Her function, as Governor-General, Young Dan, is to uphold the Constitution. One might speculate that taking direct action with respect to that function might be the change to which she could have been referring that so surprised Foxy. I suspect many, yea, a majority of Australians would embrace that sort of change.

For such a talented and well-credentialled person to be elevated to this office may result in some long-overdue political chickens coming home to roost.

Well Forest, her role as Governor-General is to provide Royal Assent to the various Bills passed by the Parliament and the Senate, and when a Bill before the House requires a Proclamation being given as well the Governor-General must comply with the Parliaments requirements.
If you can get a photo copy of the original of these PUBLIC documents signed and sealed with the SEAL OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA, you will be doing better that many people I know and myself over the past couple of weeks as a photo-copy of the originals appear to be impossible to prise out of our public servants.

One example is that Royal Assent has been provided for the Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 and a photo-copy of the original has been provided albeit unsealed but the Proclamation has posed a serious problem for our public-servants. The effect of no Proclamation in relation to this Act is that, if it does not exist, then this Court, (entity) does exist, but with no lawful authority to commence any proceedings in the Court (tribunal) without our express consent.

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA ACT 1976.
2 Commencement [see Notes 1 and 2]
(1) This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives
the Royal Assent.
(2) No proceeding shall be instituted in the Court before a day to be
fixed by Proclamation as the day on which the Court shall
commence to exercise its jurisdiction.

The Attorney-General's office is choking on this at this very moment and the corrupt Judges will also have this issue identified in the coming weeks

Foxy





I wish her well and hope to see her around for a very long time.
I am sure she will use her powers to improve conditions for aborginal people which she is dedicated to.

Anybody wanting her to hand other her powers to parliment must see her as a threat.

Parliment in this country now are worse than ever but I dont think anybody could buy her principles.
( Perhaps thats a problem for some ah.)

I hope she does better in her role than our last Govenor General because according to Her Majesty it was his job to do somthing about Australias shameful live exports.

http://www.livexports.com/queen.html

http://www.livexports.com/prince.html

http://www.livexports.com/letter3.html

Thank You for opening this very important thread Foxy.

If she is not the last she will be the second last.
We are indeed changing and old Lizzy means little to most of us.
Now I see red faced rage filled monarchists coming for me. But they too are nearly a thing of the past.
Good luck to our first woman GG she will do a good job.
And eat a truck load of cucumber Sanger's during her term.