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Yeah but the govener general, being the queens representative, sack the elected government of the time so the royal influence isn’t negligible
At the request of the PM?
At least, in the US we get the choice of not voting.
The GG is the Queens representative so she must accept all responsibility for his behaviour and his actions in the sacking... regardless of the fact the GG didn’t notify the Queen prior to the sacking and regardless of whether she would have followed any advice or any recommendations given or not. He did it on her watch... It’s accountability and it’s lacking within monarchies, political parties of all persuasion and corporate executivesThe release of the letters between John Kerr and Her Madge has shown that she followed his recommendations, and that his personal judgement exceeded his public duties responsibilities.
At the request of the Leader of the Opposition (Malcolm Fraser) in reality.
If the monarchy didn’t exist, then that mechanism to sack an elected government that provided universal health care and free education to all Australians probably couldn’t have occurred....
Gough was probably the best PM we had. Shame that he was surrounded by self serving dick-heads belonging to both sides of politics.
If Utub is working, his speech is there. Look for a grinning Norman Gunston in the background.
Whitlam arranged to meet up with GG to request a 1/2 senate election to resolve issues of senate denying supply but was instead sacked and Frasier (leader of the opposition) was sworn in as (an unelected) PM.
Where ever the push came from, the crown‘s representative executed the sacking on behalf of the crown, removing the will of the people in the process.
I wouldn‘t call Gough an idiot... though like both/all sides of politics, I recognise they are all smart, self serving backstabbing politicians, but not idiots.Sounds to me like he was an idiot and basically told the GG that he didn't have enough votes in the house to pass a confidence and supply motion and therefore didn't have enough votes to sustain a stable government. At that point the GG had no option but to dissolve the existing government. If the opposition gave a viable alternative with enough votes (even if it was in the minority) then they could legally govern.