On the 110th anniversary of Australian Federation, I got to thinking.......
What does it say about us as a country that we have few real constitutional rights, they we're reigned over by the descendants of a long dead German aristocrat, that the British Govt has special powers to enact racist laws, but no settlement with descendants of those who have lived here for 50,000 years?
What does it say when (unlike most civilized democracies) the federal govt offers no legal guarantee to it's citizens of rights to live free from torture or inhumane treatment?
So I ask the question, how can any educated thinking person oppose a Republic, or a Bill of Rights?
Some argue, if it aint broke, don't fix it! But I would argue that it is very much broken and needs fixing!....
What does it say about us as a country that we have few real constitutional rights, they we're reigned over by the descendants of a long dead German aristocrat, that the British Govt has special powers to enact racist laws, but no settlement with descendants of those who have lived here for 50,000 years?
What does it say when (unlike most civilized democracies) the federal govt offers no legal guarantee to it's citizens of rights to live free from torture or inhumane treatment?
So I ask the question, how can any educated thinking person oppose a Republic, or a Bill of Rights?
Some argue, if it aint broke, don't fix it! But I would argue that it is very much broken and needs fixing!....
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