http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/20/flint-the-2020-vision-of-the-republic/ now with extra source Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:48:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/20/flint-the-2020-vision-of-the-republic/#comment-15017 David Flint Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-15017 Peggy, no oaths are sworn to The Queen of the United Kingdom. Instead, they are sworn to The Queen of Australia. The Australian Crown, or for that matter the Canadian Crown are entirely separate legal institutions. One Nation Senator Hill was removed from the Senate by a unanimous High Court in Sue v Hill, (1999). Membership of an international organization is not relevant; we were a foundation member of both the UN and its predecessor, the League of Nations. When we joined the League, Oaths of allegiance were still sworn to the King-Emperor. This was before the Balfour Declaration which began the process of separating the Imperial Crown into the Canadian, British, NZ etc Crowns. ( There are sixteen) The same person being Sovereign is well known in international law as a personal union. And yes Venise, I am National Convener of ACM, but neither a party hack nor paid. ACM ( www.norepublic.com.au) is a non-partisan community based organisation which led the No campaign in the 1999 Peggy, no oaths are sworn to The Queen of the United Kingdom. Instead, they are sworn to The Queen of Australia. The Australian Crown, or for that matter the Canadian Crown are entirely separate legal institutions. One Nation Senator Hill was removed from the Senate by a unanimous High Court in Sue v Hill, (1999). Membership of an international organization is not relevant; we were a foundation member of both the UN and its predecessor, the League of Nations. When we joined the League, Oaths of allegiance were still sworn to the King-Emperor. This was before the Balfour Declaration which began the process of separating the Imperial Crown into the Canadian, British, NZ etc Crowns. ( There are sixteen) The same person being Sovereign is well known in international law as a personal union.
And yes Venise, I am National Convener of ACM, but neither a party hack nor paid. ACM ( http://www.norepublic.com.au) is a non-partisan community based organisation which led the No campaign in the 1999

]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/20/flint-the-2020-vision-of-the-republic/#comment-15018 Peggy Balfour Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-15018 Now i'm confused. Australia is a member country of the UN. Only soveriegn countries are members. So that means that UK is a foreign country. So when pledges are made to the U.K.Queen is that treasonous? If we're not a republic why are we in the UN? Now i’m confused. Australia is a member country of the UN. Only soveriegn countries are members.
So that means that UK is a foreign country. So when pledges are made to the U.K.Queen is that treasonous? If we’re not a republic why are we in the UN?

]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/20/flint-the-2020-vision-of-the-republic/#comment-15019 Venise Alstergren Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-15019 David, I was wrong to call you a hack. You aspire to be a hacker (destroyer) of Australia's future. You may not be paid with silver but power is your currency. Your credo of negativity is evil. Peggy; republic@republic.org.au can answer your questions. David, I was wrong to call you a hack. You aspire to be a hacker (destroyer) of Australia’s future. You may not be paid with silver but power is your currency. Your credo of negativity is evil. Peggy; republic@republic.org.au
can answer your questions.

]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/20/flint-the-2020-vision-of-the-republic/#comment-15020 Venise Alstergren Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-15020 David Flint, leader of, and paid party hack of ACM wouldn't have a vested interest in pot-shotting the Republican cause, not at all! Peggy, we have a foreign head of state, which, as an Australian I find degrading. But it sends Flint into orgasmic bliss. David Flint, leader of, and paid party hack of ACM wouldn’t have a vested interest in pot-shotting the Republican cause, not at all! Peggy, we have a foreign head of state, which, as an Australian I find degrading. But it sends Flint into orgasmic bliss.

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