I wonder if someone might not organise an equivalent event in Melbourne?
Sorry I haven’t been posting much. We are in the middle of our Interfaith Symposium on Death and Dying and I am having to find a third end to my candle just so I can burn it along with the other two ends… It has been really good so far. Grand finale tomorrow.
I propose that
1) We replace the absentee monarch of Australia (who is also the Monarch of Great Britain) with an elected Australian monarchy.
2) The elected monarch exactly replaces the current monarch in the current constition.
3) The elected monarch has exactly the same powers, duties and responsibilities as those of the current absentee monarch. All the monarch's functions are carried out by his/her personal representatives (as is currently the case): federally by the Governor General, and in the states by the State Governors.
4) The Governor General and the Governors continue to be selected and appointed as they currently are, that is, by the premier with the approval of the monarch.
5) The monarch is elected to sovereignty over Australia for life, but his/her sovereignty is strictly non-hereditary.
6) The elective body is the "college of electors" comprised of the state governors and federal governor general.
7) The election of the monarch must be a unanimous decision on the part of the college of electors.
I have mentioned in previous posts how much i enjoyed the book WAKE UP AUSTRALIA,that father Flemming co-authored with -correct me Schutz- the late Dr Barry overduin(?) . I seem to recall that the photo above was taken ,when father Flemming was exiting the Anglican Church of Australia. I could not help thinking, that with so much negative publicity at the moment around the Catholic Church-more specifically the actions of Benedict when he was archbishop of munich- that such a book as this may actually counter that negativity as people see that one crossed over to the Tiber because of the fidelity to truth by one church as another lost its grip on that same truth.