A Head of State with no executive power: The easy and simple answer is that such a model will be defeated at referendum. The No case will stress the similarity with the either the French or American System, where the Head of State is a politician and the No case will prevail.
The concept Australians have in mind is an apolitical Head of State. The fundamental strengh of the status quo is that the Queen is apolitical.
Allowing the Head of State to become a political prize is what Australians most fear in a republic. In the bi-partisan apointment model, the fear was that the politicians would reward one of their own. In an elect-the-GG model, the fear would be a Liberal-Labor contest.
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