The National Forum   Donate   Your Account   On Line Opinion   Forum   Blogs   Polling   About   
The Forum - On Line Opinion's article discussion area



Syndicate
RSS/XML


RSS 2.0

Main Articles General

Sign In      Register

The Forum > General Discussion > On to the Republic

On to the Republic

  1. Pages:
  2. 1
  3. 2
  4. 3
  5. 4
  6. Page 5
  7. 6
  8. 7
  9. 8
  10. 9
  11. 10
  12. All
What are the economic benefits of a Republic?
Posted by Is Mise, Thursday, 9 June 2022 2:32:16 PM
Find out more about this user Recommend this comment for deletion Return to top of page Return to Forum Main Page Copy comment URL to clipboard
Is Mise,

You ask what are the economic benefits of a republic?

One certainly can be given as the ongoing cost of maintaining
the royal family. For example when a member of the royal
family visits. And - any member, not just the Queen - the
Australian taxpayer picks up the tab.

For example, it cost us almost $ 400,000 for a five day tour
by Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall in 2005 and
$1.8 million for a visit by the Queen to Melbourne in 2006.

Not paying for royal tours in future will be an ongoing
benefit for Australian taxpayers for the rest of the life of
the Australian nation.

The Australian taxpayer will also be excluded from the cost of
providing needless baubles and expensive gifts for the royal
family. The Australian government has paid a fortune for
all sorts of gifts including gaudy royal coaches that the
government has also paid to ship to Buckingham Palace.

The Australian taxpayer would be saved these kinds of needless
and frivolous costs.

All this was taken from the link given below:

http://abc.net.au/news/2010-07-28/35542

There's more current information on the web.
Posted by Foxy, Thursday, 9 June 2022 3:38:37 PM
Find out more about this user Recommend this comment for deletion Return to top of page Return to Forum Main Page Copy comment URL to clipboard
Royal visits are a rarity and chicken feed when they do occur; certainly a lot cheaper than the massive waste by socialists governments trying to get rid of our British history and traditions. Add to the waste of campaigning to ditch the monarchy all of the costs of name changing, changes to the Constitution etc etc.

When all these non-British malcontent's parents came here, they knew what the situation was. If their offspring don't like it they can always pack up and go to the countries their parents came from and see now they like it. This country would be better place without them.
Posted by ttbn, Thursday, 9 June 2022 3:56:24 PM
Find out more about this user Recommend this comment for deletion Return to top of page Return to Forum Main Page Copy comment URL to clipboard
Hi Foxy,

How is it in that old fart echo chamber, unbearable yet? I warned you not to enter and engauge. CM said; "I think Paul1405 and Foxy are old-fart dysfunctionals", that came straight out of the echo chamber.

How Australian ttbn to hanker after a bunch of foreigners, who are not Australians but the heads of another country. You have the hide to claim Australians who want Australia for Australians are disloyal in some way. You and others are the disloyal ones.

Issy, you see everything in terms of dollars and cents, we may live in an economy, but more importantly we live in a society. I hate the way our politicians from all sides bang on about nothing but the economy, like as if we only exist for the economic benefits, and nothing else counts.
Posted by Paul1405, Thursday, 9 June 2022 4:19:23 PM
Find out more about this user Recommend this comment for deletion Return to top of page Return to Forum Main Page Copy comment URL to clipboard
Most people, in fact, will not take the trouble of finding out the truth, but are much more inclined to accept the first thing they hear". (Thucydides)

Especially ABC enthusiasts.
Posted by ttbn, Thursday, 9 June 2022 4:40:57 PM
Find out more about this user Recommend this comment for deletion Return to top of page Return to Forum Main Page Copy comment URL to clipboard
Foxy,
You didn’t take into account the economic benefits of Royal Tours nor the economic benefits that went to the coach makers and the makers of presents.

You still haven’t told us if you think that the various ills that beset our society, such as homelessness should be solved before money is spent on the republican issue.
Posted by Is Mise, Thursday, 9 June 2022 5:37:02 PM
Find out more about this user Recommend this comment for deletion Return to top of page Return to Forum Main Page Copy comment URL to clipboard
  1. Pages:
  2. 1
  3. 2
  4. 3
  5. 4
  6. Page 5
  7. 6
  8. 7
  9. 8
  10. 9
  11. 10
  12. All

About Us :: Search :: Discuss :: Feedback :: Legals :: Privacy