first, i have to make an apology to Kerry Packer... Harry is not on his property, Harry is on the property of a royal family friend.
sorry KP. please employ me.
secondly. mattevil - hey hey hey, this is NOT NZ thank you (sorry, j/k).
i think it would be interesing to meet him as well, Jack.. perhaps that could assuage some of my disgust at this waste of money.
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Originally posted by bermuDa
so australia isn't its own sovereign nation? are you guys still a penal colony or something? why are you still paying taxes to the brits?
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no, we donīt pay taxes to the Brits, but we do still have their Queen as our head of state, as we are still part of the Commonwealth/
we did have a referendum not so long ago where most of Australia decided to retain our position as part of the Commonwealth rather than declaring Australia as a republic.
i just couldnīt understand how so many Australians could be so unwilling to change.
but, part of the reason as to why some people voted for the Queen was that they disagreed with the style of republic that was on offer.
from what i heard, not even Prince Charles could believe that Australia would vote to keep the Queen as our head of state.