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>Well actually she does have quite a lot of power in >quite a lot of countries all around the world. I’m not >sure about the English laws, but most certainly in >Australia, where she is our Head of State, she has >absolute power. Her representative, the Governor >General, can at her will dismiss and invite >parliaments, hire and fire Prime Ministers etc. >Naturally it would be unwise to play with this sort of >power, but when it is necessary it is used. Does >anyone know of the dismissal of the Labor Government >in Aus under Gough Whitlam? Without the majority in >the upper house, the government of the day were unable >to get any of the financial policies through without >being blocked. Things got bad quickly, funding >stopped, civil servants stopped getting paid. Neither >party would give in. She had to step in for the >greater good of the country. She, through the GV, >dismissed the Labor Government, and invited the >Liberal to form government. The people did not vote >for this. This is what she can do, as part of our law, >as our HOS. I am sure it is the same in the UK, as it >would be still in Canada. This is what makes the >institution of the English Monarchy fantastic, and >what makes the Queen a HOS to hold in such regard. She >is someone who can hold governments in check, while >still not overstating her own authority, or using it >to her own gain. That is what she has done her whole >life, and indeed what her children and grandchildren >are being trained to do.
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