hand in all goings on in the government(judicial legislative executive.
etc).This will most likely include the changing of our current.
westminster system of government to the American Style,this cannot be.
achieved through ammendments to the current constitution and will mean.
drafting of a whole new constitution.
The Second includes a president with basically the same powers as the.
current govenor general with probably a different emphasis on how the.
president is placed in office(elections etc).This system will use the.
westminster system of government and would require only separation from.
the queen and therefore little amendments to the constitution.
The third system is where the president has little or no power but can.
be given power if needed,Basically this means that the president is a.
figurehead more like the queen than any other leader.In this system we.
will be taking the govenor generals and the queens power out and.
redistributing it to members of parliament and mainly the prime.
minister.This will of course be using the westminster system of.
government that is currently used in Australia today.
In each of these systems the president will have a term of between five.
and seven years.
The Republican debate so far has had a nation divided over things like.
loyalty to the queen, structure of a new parlament , losing our place in.
the commonwealth(loss of trade ,relations , sport etc) and Australian.
independance. These topics often crop up in debate over the republic.
issue.
The main reason Republic supporters believe we would do better as a.
republic is that it is the only way to fully express our Australian.
democratic values in our system of government.We have never had any.
local positions or seats in the houses of parlament filled by people who.
inherited the position from thier parents,although our head of state.
came into office using the hereditary principle (queen).
The Monarchists come back with arguments that in a way the queen is.
