Average IQ of Australians

[FLEKTARN]

Brian is dead in the brain once again.

The Queen holds the ability to fire the entire Australian government.

In 1975, for example, the Queen's representative in Aus at the time, Gov. Gen. Sir John Kerr, fired the prime minister in response to a government shutdown.

Kerr appointed a replacement, who immediately passed the spending bill to fund the government. Three hours later, Kerr dismissed the rest of Parliament. Then Australia held elections to restart from scratch. And they haven't had another shutdown since.

Those are called the "reserve powers" and have only been exercised once, in as you note, 1975. That caused a Constitutional Crisis of epic proportions. That was the first and only time they have been used. Since then, every GG has stated that they would not use them except in an emergency.

The "Government shut down" as you describe it was a little bit more than that. It was the Senate (the upper house) exercising it's authority which prevented the passing of the Budget. The House of Lords lost that power in 1913 IIRC. The US congress has it (it is the lower house in the US) but their Senate does not. The Australian Senate did not reject the Budget bill, it delayed it. This caused the Government to effectively "run on empty".

The GG was meant to act in concert with the Council of State - which is appointed and controlled by the Prime Minister. However, the GG conferred illegally with the Leader of the Opposition, Malcolm Fraser who suggested that the GG dismiss the PM and put him in charge. The GG agreed on condition that Fraser pass the Budget. Of course he agreed. However, before Parliament was dismissed the now ex-PM held a vote of no confidence in the new government which should have meant he was dismissed immediately as PM and a new vote was held in the House of Representatives to replace him. That was conveniently ignored at the time and we faced a new election.

What the GG, Sir John Kerr did was overturn 75 years of tradition on how the Government of Australia was operated. Government is drawn from support in the House of Representatives, not the Senate. Gough Whitlam still had the confidence of the House. Kerr utilised powers which were vague and some believed didn't actually exist in the Constitution. He had alternatives which he did not exercise before dismissing the Government, which might have solved the problem of the Opposition blocking Supply. He basically reached for the bottom drawer to solve a problem which the Opposition had created and rewarded the Opposition.

And the Queen didn't do it. It was all Kerr's idea (with help from the Leader of the Opposition). Indeed, if the PM hadn't paused for a meal of steak and chips at Parliament house, he would have beaten Fraser to Government House and dismissed the GG first. However, that is what fate often hangs on.

Too long, didn't read

[The Reboot]

Pretty much. Boring as batshit.

[brian ross]

Sorry to have brought into question your lack of attention span, children. I'll keep my replies in future shorter and snappier, rather than attempting to explain complex situations with long explanations.

[FLEKTARN]

Sorry to have brought into question your lack of attention span, children. I'll keep my replies in future shorter and snappier, rather than attempting to explain complex situations with long explanations.

Here's some attention grabber, let me teach you, my padowan. I'm a Marketing and PR specialist before all else, how I made my money throughout the years.

So, here it is:

The Queen has the power to fuck you in the ass with 46 centimeter pink dildo, Brian. And she will. She will totally fuck your anus. Bam bam bammm

[brian ross]

Sorry to have brought into question your lack of attention span, children. I'll keep my replies in future shorter and snappier, rather than attempting to explain complex situations with long explanations.

Here's some attention grabber, let me teach you, my padowan. I'm a Marketing and PR specialist before all else, how I made my money throughout the years.

So, here it is:

The Queen has the power to fuck you in the ass with 46 centimeter pink dildo, Brian. And she will. She will totally fuck your anus. Bam bam bammm

Spoken like a true ignoramus of Australian politics and history. Run along, little child, I can hear your nursemaid calling you back to the little kiddies' playground where you belong. There, you might get some education suitable for your level of intelligence. Tut, tut.

[The Reboot]

I knew the response before I clicked on the thread.

[FLEKTARN]

I knew the response before I clicked on the thread.

Tut Tut

[Wally Raffles]

Sorry to have brought into question your lack of attention span, children. I'll keep my replies in future shorter and snappier, rather than attempting to explain complex situations with long explanations.

Here's some attention grabber, let me teach you, my padowan. I'm a Marketing and PR specialist before all else, how I made my money throughout the years.

So, here it is:

The Queen has the power to fuck you in the ass with 46 centimeter pink dildo, Brian. And she will. She will totally fuck your anus. Bam bam bammm

[IQS.RLOW]

Sorry to have brought into question your lack of attention span, children. I'll keep my replies in future shorter and snappier, rather than attempting to explain complex situations with long explanations.

Here's some attention grabber, let me teach you, my padowan. I'm a Marketing and PR specialist before all else, how I made my money throughout the years.

So, here it is:

The Queen has the power to fuck you in the ass with 46 centimeter pink dildo, Brian. And she will. She will totally fuck your anus. Bam bam bammm

That was the same facial expression Bri Bri made when Liz went downtown to browntown with him.

[FLEKTARN]

Sorry to have brought into question your lack of attention span, children. I'll keep my replies in future shorter and snappier, rather than attempting to explain complex situations with long explanations.

Here's some attention grabber, let me teach you, my padowan. I'm a Marketing and PR specialist before all else, how I made my money throughout the years.

So, here it is:

The Queen has the power to fuck you in the ass with 46 centimeter pink dildo, Brian. And she will. She will totally fuck your anus. Bam bam bammm

That was the same facial expression Bri Bri made when Liz went downtown to browntown with him.