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here we are at Tuesday and of course that means it's History Tuesday
and today I am just going to talk a little about the history of
politics in Australia why you wonder well because we now have our 5th
Prime Minister in only 5 years what the hell is with that.
The
head of state in Australia is split between two people, the Queen and
the Governor-General of Australia. The Queen of course really has
nothing to do with the running of the country and her representative
aka the Governor-General is responsible for appointing ambassadors,
ministers and judges and giving Royal Assent to legislation, issuing
writs for elections and of course bestowing honours on people.
The
Governor-General is also the President of the Federal Executive
Council and Commander-in-Chief of the Australian Defence Force. Now I
have no idea what the Federal Executive Council is just so you know,
so don't ask me. I have learnt that these posts are held under the
authority of the Australian Constitution, generally speaking barring
exceptional circumstances the Governor-General exercises these powers
only on the advice of the Prime-Minister, so really the role of
Governor-General is often thought of as a largely ceremonial
position.
The
Prime Minister is the highest government minister, leader of the
cabinet and head of the government they hold office on commission
from the Governor-General. The office of the Prime Minister is the
most powerful political office in the country. Although the office is
not mentioned in the constitution and exists through an unwritten
political convention.
Unless
there are exceptional circumstances the Prime Minister is always the
leader of the political party or coalition with majority support in
the House of Representatives.
National
elections are held at least once every three years the last one was
is 2013, at this time we elected Tony Abbott when I say we I mean the
country in general although no one you ask will admit to voting for
him.
Last
night there was yet another leadership challenge and Malcolm Turnbull
is now our Prime Minister the which means we have had five Prime
Ministers in the last five years. These are as follows, Kevin Rudd
who was challenged and kicked out by Julia Gillard, who was then
kicked out and Kevin Rudd was back in but was voted out at the
election by Tony Abbott who was challenged and outed by Malcolm
Turnbull. This is a joke if you ask me why do we bother having
elections if the party can just vote out the leader and over night we
can have a new leader of the party and new Prime Minister
The
has been one case where a senator was appointed Prime Minister that
was when John Gorton was appointed this happened after Harold Holt
disappeared, he had to resign his senate position and was elected as
a member of the House of Representatives.
Senator
George Pearce was acting prime-minister for seven months in 1916
while Billy Hughes was overseas as well.
Malcolm
Turnbull is our 29th
Prime Minister...................
Americans love Julia Gillard....Many of us would love to have her as our President!
ReplyDeleteHere some loved her some couldn't stand the sight of her
DeleteMost days I think there's no explaining politics anywhere. I think politicians play their own games by their own rules, and the rest of us be damned.
ReplyDeleteI so agreed, some go into politics thinking they will make a difference but end up being like all the others.
DeleteI was going to ask you about the "outing", but you beat me to it. I like it when I get not only the dry facts but how the real people feel. "...although no one you ask will admit to voting for him..." pretty much tells the tale.
ReplyDeleteThanks and it is so true
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