If it weren't for the royal family the entire womens magazine industry in Oz would be defunct.
And it is to our lasting shame that in the 1999 referendum on a Republic for Australia we voted for the Monarchy.
Though to be fair we didn't have much of a choice since the Liberal(conservative) government of the day weighted the
choice in favour of retention of the Queen.
Choice one: vote for the present constitutional Monarchy.
Choice two: vote for a system where the President is chosen by the Prime minister.(so the the head of government controls the head of state)
It SHOULD have been a straight yes/no referendum, but it wasn't.
Even I voted against it.
And it is to our lasting shame that in the 1999 referendum on a Republic for Australia we voted for the Monarchy.
Though to be fair we didn't have much of a choice since the Liberal(conservative) government of the day weighted the
choice in favour of retention of the Queen.
Choice one: vote for the present constitutional Monarchy.
Choice two: vote for a system where the President is chosen by the Prime minister.(so the the head of government controls the head of state)
It SHOULD have been a straight yes/no referendum, but it wasn't.
Even I voted against it.
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If you're not supposed to ride faster than your guardian angel can fly then mine had better get a bloody SR-71.
