mhaze,

Very few Australians know anything about the constitutional
arrangements and the monarch as head of state. So it is not
a re-education but an education. And yes the Minister will
try to fix it.

Hi there FOXY...

Did I hear you mention Princess Di! Why oh why, did you have to sully the conversation by mentioning that piece of white trash!

"Very few Australians know anything about the constitutional
arrangements and the monarch as head of state. "

I very much doubt that. What I think is true is that the left assumes that if people disagree with their viewpoint, its due to ignorance (which needs to be fixed). The notion that people can look at the same circumstances and reach differing conclusions, rarely occurs to them.

Hi O Sung Wu,

I mentioned Princess Diana because of the movie
I watched last night "The Queen," starring Helen
Mirren, in which Diana's death played a pivotal
role.

In September 1997 the British public had a decidedly
different mood toward the royal family at that time.

After Princess Diana's death the collective confusion
and subsequent outrage over the royal's inacessibility
during the tragedy and the family's perceived coldness
towards Diana - who had been stripped of HRH title after
her divorce from Prince Charles caused a large segment of
the population to question the very existence of the
monarchy.

As for Princess Diana?

She used her celebrity to raise awareness for a number
of causes from HIV/Aids to leprosy, domestic violence,
mental health issues, the homeless and the disabled, and
much, much, more. She was a patron to over 100 charities.

She revitalized the British monarchy, and in death changed
it forever. Today the legacy lives on in everything from
the Windsor's more accessible approach to the public.
To William and Harry's charity work to everything Kate
does.

The Diana effect is alive and well and a guiding principle
for today's modern British monarchy.

mhaze,

Not everyone is as well informed as yourself.

Labor's decision was based on surveys they did and people
they spoke to regarding familiarity with the constitution
and the monarch's role as head of state.

It is a wise move for the government to take this step
and wanting people to be better informed and make
informed choices when it comes to referendums. The last
one failed because of the model presented. People need
to be better informed.

" The last
one failed because of the model presented. People need
to be better informed."

Yes it did fail because the political elite tried to force THEIR model down our throats. But rather than offer a more acceptable model they just want to RE-educate enough people into buying what they're selling.

WOW FOXY...

You are a real devotee of Princess Di. Hitherto know as; 'The Blond Bicycle of Kensington Palace'. by those poor buggers who had charge of protecting her. And who accompanied her to Oz and who handed over her protection to me and others as directed by Special Branch. True, she was a willowy lady of great looks and those looks charmed many a lover during her marriage with Charles who in turn competed with her trysts almost one for one.

She attend the bedside of one Richard 'Tricky Dickie' LYNOTT a really heavy Criminal who contracted AIDS by shafting (Rape) other Crims in Gaol. LYNOTT was dying in a Sydney Hospice at the time, and Di decided to only visit him, while ignoring other ordinary civilian AIDS sufferers in nearby beds who were also dying. Sometimes FOXY your altruism blinds you to reality.