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'tlead of-state 'not officiartitle' PETER GOERS writes that "Senator Nick MInchin calls the Governor-General our head ot state, but the Government citizenship test calls the Queen head ot state" (27/5/07), The Government has announced Its intention to develop a citizenship test, but no questions have yet been circulated. 'In mid-May some media outlets published' what they claimed were "20 citizenship test questlons";'Those "exclusive" scoops did ,..oot'mention th8t.the questions were In tact ..Invented by the media. The tenn "head ot state" Is somewhat prone to misuse because It IS'not an olllclal title but a political description. The toundIng tathers did not use the term. The claim ~t Australians have a torelgner tor ''head ot.stat.e"ls a work otmodern spin doctoring, ;with~no"basls:1n law-or, practice. . _ ;,:;~itroleot head ot ~te, as linderstood ~lnternatlonaJlY,lnvolvesthe:exercise ot con-
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'",a<;>W;f99~<lQe1:M@owardthink we.are? "<:A'f"'fIiIniess4test!J.>'tor'1ill' new'AWAs Is a 1':ibl8fJ!.D(a~tiimptiO'cover.1ipthe loss ot,true "'PIC9tectlp.n,,.tor.-workers.. caused" by "WorkCholces;orwha~verhe:caIls It now. ...::Tlie?:taIn1ess test""olfers nothing tor the ~;OOo-odd "AU$sIe~who've'~ady signed an"AWA:'secondly;.W\1owill actually check .tI!8t eVeIYl!~wJ\.WAIs"taJr"'and, even more I1Pportantly? h9W.,:wIIlthis \Ie funded? 'In. the recent.Budget. the Department ot Employment' and Workplace Relations omy recelved an additional 15 stair. Worse, the areil.under whlch'the Olllce otEmployment Advocate operates will actually be reduced by 57 pe9ple. The "talrness test" Isa sham. ".. " . IRISStROBL t
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I WAS appalled when Tony Blair, an intelligent leader, on his last trip to Washington DC as British PrIme MInIster, declared he did not have any regret invading Iraq. Iraq Is In ruins, the Intrastructure Is almost non-existent, but worst ot aIIthere Is no law and order, which causes death and mIs~ry, .' Mld-2006'the death ton tor Innocent 'cIvmaps ~ more than60,OOO.aridwas'iiSIrig .
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IF yo~rheadllne "Washed. Up: Weter woes spell doom for Howard and.the ,Ubs In'SA" reflects the attitude ot Soj,lth.Australians generallY,.tt
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.Cheats have lost the plot REOARDmG WorkCover,Craud ("Trapped bytapel',; 27/5107),why would anybody In 'thelr righfmind want to be onWorkCover when' yoil don't have to be?, -. You. lose yoUr rlghts,--'imtitlements, .lItestyle, dignity and become' branded tor 'lite, It you decide to be on WorkCover It you .don't have to be, you have dellnltely lost the plot. and need treatment, WAYNEMAnNER
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lived peacetulJy betore the war and now they' kill each other. Saddam Hussein was a cruel dictator but there was no .terrorlsm and dellnltely no<al-Qalda: '. The "coalItion ot't~e :wIIlIng':;aII demo~cratlc (:olintrles behind. the George Bush banner, .defled the United Nations resol.utlon nQt to Invade Iraq. What happened ,.In Iraq Is now the result ot that decision. . .. BERI'CROlT SalisbUl)'
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REDEEM youraelf,~~Davlci';tllcb~sel!~YQij"" atory to 6O'Mlnuto$OHVoml!n'S~Day@e~ a book or even do a.telemovle;'andglve"all" the proceeas.to"flghtJng:terrorlsm7; -~'... , ' . . R:, D8 'yoU£;.. "<::raifm~ ANOTHER ignorant, InCorrect'com;n,ntttfo.:n~. Amanda Blair:"Adelaide'is not !Q;owo"tOf11iS" cultural diversit1':C:~ng !1)Y'wo.ri:!S,~~,,~ gusto", 27/5/0"!),) ',,!:(Ygetti!1g:,oUt'~'.~,;s!.t¥L
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HOW. can the. Govern.ment.spend:$5~ciOo~. to bring convlQted, supporter oLte~ro""sll\ David Hicks hom.e' on a luxury let ~.\'!IIen Shepalle Corby, a convlQted.drugsl}'lugglor; Is left In a Ball, pi180n?~Wlllthey'bri .. home t.o!1er1Ilml!!'1£~IJ:t.1!!!~;' : ~;~L:~.;~~ c,c . __ c ._',;:- ;~}..;:eii;;f . ,I A!'Aoniholid~ysJrom:;NSWA' _. ' I hom~..to:prinJ;.pl\.O!IT-~II:I;,'I~ ..; , .'~. and suNNed ~ t. ._. ..". ',.. [FioN:(fTAN'Neit
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PETER Goera;you~ar~a"mii1ot-iif~...m..., I and. many :othera al'!',.l!rob,iI'!JI8II~,~~~ we.COllle from SA (':MelbOurne mllyjose lI1e.' Grand 'PrlX;iHow:wo.n4.e.rful!if..2i/5J~1! ' ,'e'f:. SA Government loat the'Grand~prb(.'bi,w.y;r:; 01 lack of negotJatJon."The Vies "didn't ateai" It; No wonder everybody laughs.at:us:'..Get
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RICKPLEHO" 25;KI,lkenny' Ithink Adel8Jde latoo No, I'm frO(l1 VlQtorla sniall for a toll i08d, and I hate what We don't need one they've got over .' because tharalsn't. there. I go oUt of my the trafflccongnUon way to avoid tt and I'd IIkayou .aaln othor d.o tho 118I'(I0In South pl_.llwouldn't AultfaUa. maka a ~i1hIrenca. n ___
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DO people fpl'get ~art6elate-"80.s :!~arlY' '90s were like u.nderthe laborGol'emmeJlt? I don't and JonnnY Is getting my JI~te.-, CHERRYLBRADY
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CHRIS', ~RI:!II':!() . :t 8(Toorak,i '~arde.~s 'filen'! driVeafttie, riJomontso It's nota huge Issue tor me; . but I wouldn't like to '00 ono'in South' AU'lraUa.,ldoo:t... thl! R9'nJ.,t WI,.
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Adding the unknown number ot Commonwealth public servants In SA, I am amazed we ever have any dIt!lculty with any ot the agencies that are supposed to supply us with assistance. I am also amazed that In SA one person In 20Is drawing on state taxes tor a working, Income,
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What'pune,WealI'know that politicians ilse spin to contuse the public, but please! HIs continuing insistence; since the republic reterendum, on that statement Is now Insult1i1g'
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41f Labor fIad aU the' solUtIons' on' water, climate change, health care and stite edurogate. that responsibility. to .itself. without cation, why are the states in the 1}'18SS they specific'ilpp..ov'aI.fromeactutate.. are. In? Over the past seven years they have .. :J'}1e,Corjlmol')wealtl:1.olfe!On; thaMurray received billions of dollars In new funding ,anCl water. In get'\aral Is now In' limbo; solely' frorp the G.ST'but still co~tinue to cry poor; because ,of Victoria's 'refusal' .to.,accept It DAVID.DAHM
otreserve powers she never 'acts outside the advlc:e.:otthe Governor-General. . Moreover, the Governor-General has sigDitI~t Independent powers which are his alone,'1nwhich he does not even consult the Queen'and which are not delegated to him ~e'Que~n, SENATOR NICK MINCHIN
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SOMETHING must be done to place.the blame for the i\ustraliacwide water problems where tt belongs with state govemments C'Washed up", 27/5/07). The last metropolitan weter storage constructed .here was ccsmpletedIn 1969, What has OUI' population done since, then? Increased dramatically and l}'Iuch 01 the .country pof'ulatio,n ,~as shilled to. the ,city: The SA Govemment (and other state. govemments) has not done its job In providing water for our population, even for good years let alone' for drought years. They use the excuse that the problems are due to "climate change", but tt Is their inaction and not any natural or unnatural climate change that is causing the trouble. GRAHAMWISEMAN Two Wells
AUstralIa by the Governor-General alone, .'.The-Governor-General bas exclusive respOnslbWtytor the exercise ot alIexecutive. .po,}!-etunde~ section 61 ot our Constitution ,:an!!tor aIIreserve powers: He signs our laws iI'~torce;:he j)rorogues.and dlssolves'par",,'jllu:nent'and he.regularly appoints and with~\~~~.lD4JIsterial COll1J:!1L5slons throughout !.wr~JIl!!!\!!1el!t~~~.'Ji::_.; '-""':_ . 5" .;.';I'I:i1!]: 9Qye~or:General: Is an Australian ';cltlzen .and he resides .In Australia. All .A~ can asplre'to this high Qlllce. :i'I'lie,fewpowers given to the Queen under our Constitution are omy exercisable by the
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