Belly,

"Not madness, not a communist plot, not a progressive, [well maybe it is] progress and change can be usually is, for the better."

You keep saying it is for the better, just tell us how it will better the ordinary Australian.

Just the one benefit will do.

//I'll further state that Elizabeth II is the most powerful woman in Australia as well as the UK.//

She really isn't. The days of absolute monarchy are long gone and if you take the time to even scratch the surface a little bit when it comes to British history, you'll find that over the centuries the Parliament (and before that, the nobles) have progressively limited the power of the monarch to the point where it's Parliament that basically call all the shots, and the Queen rubber-stamps them.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_prerogative_in_the_United_Kingdom

Take the Church of England, for example: in theory, the monarch is the head of the church. But in practical terms the headship of the church falls to the Archbishop of Canterbury. He is the Primate of All England - the Queen does not involve herself in the running of the church, does not sit as one of the Lords Spiritual, and invariably follows the advice of the Prime Minister in appointing the Archbishop.

It would be less than honest not to say ALTRAV and Ise Mise present will the symptoms of a Trump.
Both are lost in a world they invented,old age can be cruel
Liz has zero power less charm and is a left over from a Europe treated so dreadfully by Royal families all interrelated, in a family squabble we know as ww1
Australian Republic will come soon

Is Mise
You keep saying it is power, just tell us how it will be power the ordinary Australian can understand.

Just the one power will do.

I get it you are all lefties and of lower cast, and so it is you have this inbred, ingrained hatred for anyone you feel threatened by.
I am pleased and comfortable with that notion, but, it does not diminish the value and standing of the Monarchy.
Your premise you base YOUR opinions on, are misguided and tilted.
The examples you use are practices allowed by the Queen to make it appear she has no influence over the RUNNING of parliament so as to appease the people and those like yourselves with your mindset.
You have to go back centuries to understand that previous Kings and Queens, fought for the lands they then conquered and so became their property.
Now over the years, and because of public desire for self rule, she has allowed those countries to to 'go it alone'.
The reason being, she does not wish to be seen attacking her own people, as would have been the case hundreds of years ago, when the Monarchs were more aggressive and had to fight, even their own family members, to retain over-all control of their empires.
So whether you like it or not SHE has the first and final say over us and our parliament!
She will eventually let Australia go when she can see that there are enough idiots who want much worse corrupt and sleazy con-men to run the country without the stewardship of someone as stable and secure as a Monarch.
We have only to look at the antics of these idiots in govt, to get an idea of what it's going to be like as a republic.
Only worse!

ALTRAV,

Why do you need to insult people consistently -
in your posts - whose views don't agree with yours?

I suspect this stems from some sort of inferiority
complex and the desperate need to be admired.

Get a dog, (if you don't have one). It may help.