Australia’s $5 note, which has borne the face of Queen Elizabeth II since 1992, will be redesigned to reflect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’s connection to country and the overturning of terra nullius – a foundational moment in the fight for land rights.
As long as the new design still lets you put a 78° fold in it to make it look like a whale giving a blowjob I’m all for it
Is putting the images of conquered people on the currency of the society we replaced them with really a sign of respect?
Peter Dutton, describing it as “another attack on our systems, on our society and on our institutions”.
It could perfectly be VOX’s Santiago Abascal talking about the king of Spain. They really come out of cookie cutters.
I’m happy to do the opposite of anything Dutton wants to do
Can we just abolish the monarchy already.
After watching events as they play out this year in the USA, I doubt there would be a lot of support in the electorate to remove checks on power in Australian governments.
I personally would not want to.
U mean the check on power that was used by the CIA to coup us cos we wanted to investigate what the us was doing in pine gap on OUR soil?
All I want is to abolish the governor general keep everything else exactly the same.
Yes, that check on power. John Kerr acted because he knew that Whitlam was going to sack him and he dismissed the PM in a preemptive strike. He did not involve the Queen in his decision and he completely overstepped his (implied) authority. I don’t deny the one time the Governor General used their power to dissolve a government was an utter shitshow, but corrections were made in the wake of that act and I am confident there won’t be a repeat on just the whim of a future Governor General.
I was too young at the time to understand anything about the Pine Gap angle, but while I can see Whitlam losing power was good for US interests, I don’t believe they were directly involved in events as they played out. Kerr denied CIA involvement (of course he would) and Whitlam agreed that Kerr had more than enough incentive to act without the CIA being party to proceedings.
All I want is to abolish the governor general keep everything else exactly the same.
And I want to keep the government answerable to someone who can veto bills and force a new election in an emergency like we are seeing in the USA. Even if those powers were never used again.
Our system, however flawed, is the result of a millenia of learning what works for most people.
America’s system is only a few hundred years old and has already collapsed.
I’ll stick with the Westminster system under a monarchical head of state if it means we don’t slip in fascism
Unfortunately Labor is scared of referendums now because the Voice failed.
Oh sick.
I hope they let the public vote on the submissions, but I doubt it.
I dunno if I really trust the public to make good decisions anymore though.
