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Australia's need to change its constitution.
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Australia does need to change its constitution. The change need not be a complete over-hall of the constitution, however, change none the less. Australia needs to have an Australian as head of state. Conventions and the reserved powers of the head of state are ambiguous and need to be codified. Australia needs a Bill of Rights. The present structure of our system of government, a responsible government in a federalist system, does not need to be changed, just certain elements within it. Head of State and Popular Sovereignty Australia needs a head of state that is Australian. Currently the Queen of England is the head of state in Australia. The Australia Act of 1986 marked the end of the legal sovereignty of the British Parliament and allowed the ultimate sovereignty to reside in the hands of the Australian people.1 However, today, 2002-09-24, we still have the Queen of England as our official...
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