Monarchy V's Republic debate re aviation
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Actually "The Crown" is a privately run corporate entity situated in London's CBD and is also its own state answerable to no one. "The Crown" through various avenues appoints Presidents; and neither have our best interests at heart - just their own.
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That's why I reckon turf the states, have one set of rules and regs for everything Australia wide. The house of reps represent national and international issues, the senate represents the states, local government looks after the local issues 
It wont ever happen because the un-representative swill, to borrow a phrase (I'm talking all houses of parliament) will never legislate themselves out of a job, state or federally. That's why I say make them an offer they can't refuse and be done with them
It wont ever happen because the un-representative swill, to borrow a phrase (I'm talking all houses of parliament) will never legislate themselves out of a job, state or federally. That's why I say make them an offer they can't refuse and be done with them
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Actually "The Crown" is a privately run corporate entity situated in London's CBD and is also its own state answerable to no one.
As an Aside, it gives me the irits every time I see one of those info-tainment programs spruiking for a change of the Australian National Flag. Usually it involves some airhead reporter citing cultural relevance as an excuse to swap the Union Jack for a boomerang or a Kangaroo or some other pointless symbol. They also, without fail manage to get some uneducated idiot to come out with 'But we have another countries flag on our flag'.
It's about time some of these people learnt some history. Starting off with the fact that the Union Jack is just that. A symbol of unity comprised of the national identity of several countries. The basis of the Union Jack is the Georges Cross. A symbol that originates from as far back as the end of the Roman Empire (and was once the national symbol of France until they swapped with England). The Symbol of the Georges cross is recognised in the national colours of every country that was once territory of the Roman Empire. i.e. the Whole of the known world at one time.
So let’s think about which symbol might be most relevant to multicultural Australian society. Is it a boomerang or some other Indigenous and/or Australiana symbol? Or is it the Georges Cross? A symbol recognised by, and representative of over 90% of the world’s population and their (our) collective history.
