Isi, I'll take this one.
My response to Foxy on that point alone was a little, 'tongue in cheek'.
The reason I say 'everyone' will want to 'run Australia', is because if you break down the opinions and mentality of most Aussies, they can ALL do a better job than the fleas who keep vying for the job.
Think about it, if these clowns are, and have been the best people for the job, well I'll let their record speak for them.
They're so busy fighting over who is going to hold the keys to the 'piggy bank', we don't know from one day to the next who's the PM.
These people are mentally ill and consider themselves to be better than us, and if you think it would get better as a Republic, think again, only this time take out the emotion and just work with the facts.
So yes everyone thinks they can run Australia, just ask them.
My point;
I don't care for anyone who THINKS they can do something.
I only care about who CAN do something, and that's not all, I want to see HOW WELL, they do what they say they can do.
Unfortunately, Australia has failed abysmally in the this area.
Just a quick look at the performance of previous Australian govt's gives us a quick look at their history and report cards.
By comparison, the Monarchy and Lizy have been solid, unchanged and stable for DECADES compared to the garbage govt's we have had to endure.
So, on final analysis, just on this topic alone, Australia has proven that it is incapable of 'self rule'.
And so there it is, Republic of Australia Yes or No?
NO!

ALTRAV,

" and if you think it would get better as a Republic, think again, only this time take out the emotion and just work with the facts."

I thought that I'd made it plain that I think that the idea of an Australian Republic stinks.

And it is only self-proclaimed morons of Belly's ilk who think so and not one of them can tell us of any tangible benefits that a republic would bring to the ordinary Aussie.

That said I don't think that Belly is a stupid as he makes out, there are some tell-tale signs that he is making himself out to be a simple uneducated fellow.

Isi, if you read the first couple of lines, I was responding to Foxys post.
My opening line was to suggest I will answer her on her comments.
As I said; "Isi, I'll take this one".
Rest assured, I am on the side of the Monarchy.
The question of finding reasons as to why we should become a Republic, just don't 'stack up'.
Every reason put up for a Republic is easily knocked down because they are superfluous and unjustified.
One of the more compelling reasons against it is the corruption and theft will go unchecked and be more rampant and aggressive than it has ever been.
Choosing the President cannot be left to the parliament or the people.
The former are too corrupt, and the latter are too ignorant and un-informed to be trusted to make the right decision.
The King or Queen were born into the position and so have been 'training' for the role from birth.
A monarchy is a very stable form of governance, at it's worst it has been many times more stable than democracies, especially Australia.
Electing people from the population with no formal training for the role of Prime Minister or President, is fraught with danger and failures of performance.
Think Mr D Trump.
Again, just look at our govt's performance over the years.
It's a shame that too many people are too stupid or retarded, stopping themselves from accepting what they know, to be the truth.
This foolish mantra of not having some foreigner as our 'head of state' shows us how stupid they are.
In case they have to be reminded as emotions have clouded their judgement, but a quick history lesson will highlight the fact that firstly nearly ALL of the first settlers were from the UK.
Since then they have come from EVERYWHERE, so having a foreigner as a head of state is perfectly appropriate.
So, will it be 'worth it'?
Absolutely, definitely, positively NOT!

//not one of them can tell us of any tangible benefits that a republic would bring to the ordinary Aussie.//

Just out of interest, what benefits does the British monarchy offer us that an Australian monarchy wouldn't?

HARRY IS HERE! stand and cheer~! good bloke shame that he may, well look at the photos, not be Charlies son.
A very good time in bed has been had by the Royals for generations.
Still mum would have Royal blood , inbreeding you know.
Tampons and all that,,those tapes!!
Bit of a flaw there in the family we love so much.
Hang on, maybe Shane Warne has what it takes all in favor of King Shayne?

Cosgrove has sons but not sure about their accents , he's a bit nasal. A political president is not always the same matter as 'head of state'. In Germany the head is symbolic like Britain's German symbol. Barossa valley has good Germans and the Barossa Valley railway line has several branches, running from Gawler Central station into and through the Barossa Valley and trains there arrive on time.