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Why the Queen is not our head of state.(The Constitution)
HOORAY! We may yet get a decent debate going on the question "Who is our head of state?" At last a leading republican (George Winterton, "Who is Our Head of State?" Quadrant, September) has tried to respond to my claim that the governor-general is our head of state. I say "at last" because we now have a response to the case which I first put on the public record almost fourteen years ago, and have done so repeatedly ever since; and I say "tried" because Professor Winterton has concentrated his attack on the messenger rather than the message. Let me take you through his article seriatim.
Professor Winterton is correct when he points out that I used to describe ...
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- Magazine article from: Quadrant Knox, Bruce November 1, 2005 700+ words
...whether the Queen is head of state or whether she is the sovereign who appoints the head of state. That perhaps is Professor Winterton's meaning. Meanwhile the Foreign...the Queen as the formal head of state and the governor-general as...
- We the People.
- Magazine article from: The Australian Journal of Politics and History Reynolds, Paul L. January 1, 1997 700+ words
...to the republican debate. Professor Winterton's advocacy of the republican...the operation of head of state and role of state governors. The concluding...the best use of that term. Professor Winterton and his contributors deserve...
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- Magazine article from: Quadrant Gibson, P.L. October 1, 2004 700+ words
SIR: Professor Winterton's paper on the head of state (September 2004) omitted a very...universally agreed to be head of state of Great Britain, it must follow...governor-general is the head of state of Australia. P.L. Gibson...
- Who is our head of state?(Letter to the Editor)
- Magazine article from: Quadrant Flint, David November 1, 2004 700+ words
...republics of the United States, the various French...Who the head of state is depends entirely...constitutionally our head of state, although we do...constitutional documents. Professor Winterton refers to the royal...with being head of state. But the view at...general, for the ...
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- Magazine article from: Quadrant Handley, Ken December 1, 2003 700+ words
SIR: Professor Winterton responded (Letters, September 2003) to my statement, in...Commonwealth Caribbean Constitutional Law (2002) referred to by Professor Winterton. In the first the Governor, a lawyer, refused to assent...
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- Magazine article from: Franchising World February 1, 2006 700+ words
...of which IFA is a member, also met and featured a presentation concerning state employer health care mandates and ballot initiatives. For information about IFAs State Government Relations program, contact Jessica Bonanno, manager of government...
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- Magazine article from: Healthcare Financial Management July 1, 2003 700+ words
...pool of agencies and states purchasing the pharmaceuticals...thereby increasing the state's bargaining power with drug manufacturers. States can pursue bulk purchasing...pools within their own state agencies. Copayments...further reduce costs, states are establishing or increasing...
