On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 03:31:49PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > > The Queen may be "Head of state" but the person with power here is the > > Prime Minister... The Queen is just a figurehead... > > Australian constitutional crisis of 1975. Unelected Governor- > General Sir John Kerr forced the elected PM out of office.
Australian governor-generals are chosen by the prime minister... (including John Kerr), and can be dismissed by the prime minister. Yes, we technically have a race condition at the top of our government. (But finally! An off-topic debian-user politics thread on *Australia*) Pasc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]