There is a public groundswell for an audit of all politicians. The only people against such an audit are politicians. Again, our undemocratic duds are interested only in themselves and they are doing everything they can to thwart the will of the people.

Foxy,

You touch on an interesting dilemma: if we have British Head of State, i.e. the Queen, to whom all parliamentarians must swear allegiance through the Governor-General in order gain their authority to rule, as they've been elected to do, does this mean that we won't be rid of this problem until we're a Republic ?

Another thing: what if some foreign government declares (maybe some already have) that the children of a citizen and their descendants, will forever be citizens of that country ? Isn't that a breach of other countries' sovereignty ?

Joe,

Dear Joe,

Exactly.

These points do need to be discussed.

It is archaic to have an old British law disrupting our
government. And how can someone like Barnaby Joyce who
was born in Tamworth Base Hospital, whose great grnadmother
was born in Tamworth, whose great grandfather was born in
Glen Innes. And Barnaby served in the Australian Army
Reserves and somehow he's not considered to be an
Australian?

Foxy - It appears to me you do not get it.

YES Joyce is an Australian BUT he is also the citizen of another country.

There is no question about that.

BUT

Countries can call upon there citizens where ever they are.

Countries can command and order there citizens to do things where ever they are.

While they can be commanded from another country they do not have the ability to be 100% Australian citizens.

Paul,

Just picked up on your post on my Pyne/GetUp! post. Response left.

//I note that Foxy has declared it 'archaic' to have pride in Australia by insisting on complete loyalty to the country.//

Yeah, but which country?

'God Save the Queen' (of Britain) was our national anthem until 1984 (RIP, Sir Ninian Stephen), and it wasn't such a long time ago that a we used to celebrate Empire Day. Loyalty to Australia and only Australia is a fairly recent idea; in the old days it would have been considered un-Australian at the least, and outright treason at the worst, to not hold allegiance to mother Britain. Why do you think so many ANZACS and Canucks enlisted in the Great War, which never threatened their shores?