Copernican Paradigm resolves the issue: It is great to mark the wise words of Thomas Jefferson, however it does not get to the heart of the matter facing the Australian people.
There is no doubt that Australians are very interested in having their own Head of State, and do realise that constitutional change is necessary to do this.
The problem is what model to present. The bi-partisan appointment model failed because the parliament would be choosing the Head of State, when at the moment they do not select the Queen. Elect-the-GG models have not got anywhere because it does not take much to show the difficulties with that approach: reserve powers! mandate! a semi-political position!
But these models merely copy the systems found in other countries. The proper approach is to set the objectives for a model, and these are clear enough - a ceremonial Head of State, elected by the people, an apolitical position.
For Turnbull and too many republicans, these objectives were contradiction. If we elected the President, the President would ipso facto be a politician. But that result is due to an assumption that the Governor-General shall be promoted to Head of State.
The objectives can be readily achieved by replacing the Queen with an elected Head of State with no real executive power and leaving the Governor-General and State Governors alone. (see Copernican Paradigm
http://copernican.info
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When the Australian people see that republicans understand what the people want is not a contradiction, then the movement will succeed.
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