[Jan Fisher]

I think I speak for many Australians when I say I feel very underwhelmed by the prospect of having King Charles as the head of state after his coronation in May.

While there was a great deal of esteem for his mother, that respect and deference has not transferred to her son.

It seems ridiculous in this day and age to have a wealthy family on the other side of the world as our ultimate ruler.

If anyone has listened to the opening of Parliament, the oaths to the queen, and now king, seem ridiculous and from another time when we tugged our collective forelocks to the ‘Mother Country’.

Time to stand on our own two feet and give this bunch of over-privileged aristocrats the boot.

Do you think it’s time to remove the English royal family as our head of state?

[Lizzy]

I think King Charles will be a breath of fresh air with his views on architecture and the environment. I am not a monarchist for all the reasons you state Jan and also for his personal behaviour, but frankly I don’t trust Australians to elect their own president. We could end up with another Scott Morrison or a Mark Latham..if Donald Trump is not enough warning for us I don’t know what is. At least the British monarchy is relatively harmless to us.

[Couldabeen]

Yes, Jan, you do speak for many Australians with your sentiment regarding Australia being Constitutionally aligned to the British monarchy. However, there is a greater many who do not agree with you and thanks to our Constitution, we are all free to hold differing views and be able to express them in public without fear of censure.
Whilst King Charles can not personally intercede in the running of our Parliaments, there is an agent appointed to act on the behalf of the Monarch. Their powers are limited under the Constitution but they can intercede in some specific instances (including as has happened within the past 50 years, to dismiss a Government if their Bill of Supply fails to pass the Senate three times. This was a fortunate (and automatic) intervention that rid the country of an incompetent and corrupt Government at the time) and refuse the Royal Seal of Approval on Legislation if it would appear that that Legislation was not in the best interests of Australians as a whole.
A stable and secure community needs a common point or value under which all are equal. Under or Constitutional Monarchy, we have that in our Monarch. Our Monarch must at all times remain apolitical and over arch all the differences that are present in a diverse cosmopolitan nation.
King Charles III is a man of many talents and has lived an interesting life and brings knowledge beyond what many of us possess and has been coached by his mother in the ways of diplomacy that from what we have seen to date, he is bringing forth.
Will he be a strong cohesive figure for the future of Australia or bring about division across our nation? There are certain political forces which will encourage the latter, but let’s see how the public react when he visits with his Queen beside him.

[Handyman18]

Couldabeen & Lizzy, i couldn’t agree more. Having a constitutional monarchy protects all Australians from unfair legislation and policies. Do we really want an American style of politics when we see what is happening there. Where leaders are appointed on who has the most cash. I think not. Just look at what is happening presently with attempts to divide the population, what would a republic do to us as a nation. I say we have it better as we are and as the old saying goes, if it ain’t broken don’t fix it.

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