Another site that many of us frequent has held MFCs (music fun challenge) and WFCs (writing fun challenge). The equivalent in the political sphere is constitution writing. It is also an area that Australia has not excelled at. So in the interests of increasing Australian constitution writing skills, South Sea Republic is holding an informal and friendly competition to write a constitution, or part of a constitution.
The "Bearded Men" pretty much botched the Australian constitution, and the states haven't improved much either. Queensland recently rewrote their constitution into one document and it was pretty ordinary too. States like Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia still do not have one, the sovereignty
for their government system is spread across numerous Acts, including British ones.
So we need more constitution writing skills in Australia.
South Sea Republic is heavily constitutionally focused, so it makes sense that a
fun challenge
involve constitution drafting and writing skills. So this is your challenge;
Write a constitution or part of constitution for an ideal government. The parts can include;You can also enter as many entries as you like and is not limited to Australian entries either. Rewrite the American constitution, Swiss constitution, or Iraqi constitution ... anything is fair game. End of May is the cut-off date.It doesn't have to be complete, it can be as small or as large as you like. It does not have to be perfect, innovate ideas to solve constitutional and procedural issues will be highly valued.
- Executive
- Legislative
- Judicial
- Preamble
- Governor-General
- States
- Rights
- anything else
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