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Australia’s $368 billion AUKUS submarine deal raises more questions than it answers. Led by Scott Morrison, a prime minister who had a habit of covert dealings and fudging reality, it is one of the most egregious expenditures in the nation’s history. In this new series, investigations editor David Hardaker delves into the reality of the … Read more
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https://www.facebook.com/interestingengineering/videos/662395635773083/?mibextid=rS40aB7S9Ucbxw6v https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotland-class_submarine Deisel/ electric submarines need to surface for air every few days.One of the supposed advantages of nuclear submarines is they can stay submerged for weeks or months without needing to surface for air. The Gotland class of submarines from the Kockums shipyard in Sweden are the first to be powered by sterling engines … Read more
https://7gs.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/structure.png The diagram above shows the Legislative Branch of the Australian Federation.It includes the monarch as head of state, the Crown of Australia, the representatives of the head of state, and the parliaments. It shows the one-to-many relationship between the monarch and his representatives, the Governor-General for the federal tier and the Governors for the … Read more
Department of Home Affairs officials told researchers to water down a key report that threatened to undermine the government’s use of “extraordinary” counter-terror powers allowing individuals to be imprisoned for a crime they have not yet committed, documents show. Australia’s preventive detention regime for terror offenders, which allows individuals to be imprisoned for up to … Read more
The two big risks to Australia here are, firstly, jeopardising whatever is left of our mining sector’s historic relationships of trust with our major mining market in China. Any Australian mining company currently selling to China could have its relationships and operations there crippled if it went into business with US mining companies on this … Read more
Over twenty ALP branches around Australia have now passed anti-AUKUS resolutions and the list is growing by the day. Many of the branches are calling on the Albanese government to withdraw from the pact while others want a parliamentary inquiry into the $368 Billion deal… https://johnmenadue.com/aukus-dissent-has-alp-power-brokers-worried/
While each of these dates are important, the most definitive date for Australian legal independence from the UK is often considered to be the passage of the Australia Act on March 3, 1986. However, Australia still retains the British monarch as its head of state, reflecting its continued status as a constitutional monarchy within the … Read more
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The “Ugly Duckling” Model for an Australian Republic proposes a unique approach to democratizing the divisible Crowns of Australia, which are presently monarchical and hereditary in nature. Drawing inspiration from the fairy-tale of the same name, this model likens the Crown of Australia to an “Ugly Duckling” – misunderstood and lacking the democratic image they … Read more