On Sun, 14 Sep 2014 07:19:15 +1000, JohnJohn >
wrote:

>On Sat, 13 Sep 2014 15:08:53 -0600, Mayo > wrote:
>
>>But is it really a true democracy?
>>
>>Or more in the parliamentary style?
>
>Where you elect politicians who then break all their promises until
>the next election time, when they start to suck up again?
>
>>I believe you've still a monarchical Governor General to answer to.

Which was the instrument used to sack our Prime Minster in 1975.

>As long as Australia doesn't cut the umbilical cord, it's still some
>sort of colony. I don't know what's stopping them.

"Them"? Are you only here on holidays?

>I guess people are
>afraid of change. Especially older people.

Partly. I'm no monarchist by any means, but sometimes you need to be
careful what you wish for. What exactly do we replace it with? A
'Republic' can be all sorts of things, including a totalitarian state
where most of the citizens think they live in a democracy.