King Charles recently announced that he is leaving because he is concerned about being “in someone else’s hands”.. But Aussie Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said climate activism should not be seen as political.
It would be appropriate for King Charles to stay strong on climate: Albanese
Michelle Grattan
Research Fellow Professor, University of Canberra
Published: September 11, 2022 6.43pm AEST Updated: September 11, 2022 7.37pm AESTAnthony Albanese has said it would be appropriate for King Charles to continue campaigning on the challenge of climate change.
“That’s a problem for him, of course,‘ Albanese said on Sunday. But “In my opinion, that would be appropriate“.
“I think dealing with the challenge of Climate change should not be seen as a political issue — it should be seen as a matter of humanity and of our quality of life and existence as a world,” he told ABC.
“This is a great threat and King Charles has identified it for a long time. I think getting involved in issues is very different from participating in party politics.”
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WUWT recently published the results of a PEW survey, showing that Climate action is primarily a left-wing cause. So Aussie Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s desire to act on climate to become apolitical is mostly wishful thinking.
I guess it’s up to King Charles to do so, but I’m not sure in his position I would take advice from someone who wants him gone. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is a staunch Republicanhe wants Australia disconnected from the British Royal Family. The poster at the top of this page was posted on Prime Minister Albanese’s Facebook account in 2016.
I understand that many in the United States will sympathize with the idea of abandoning the British royal familyand maybe many Australian WUWT readers, but there are good reasons the last Australian republic referendum failed.
The last time I was a young man, the Australian republicans pushed us to give up the royals, so I personally remember what happened.
Don’t confuse Australian Republicans with US Republicans. In spite of the push of the republic led by conservative congressman Malcolm Turnbullwho later overthrew the climate skeptic Prime Minister Tony AbbottMy perception at the time was that the Republican movement in Australia was dominated by leftists who saw the renunciation of the royal family as payback for royal dismissal of leftist Chancellor Gough Whitlam.
Then there was a horrifying list of failed former Prime Ministers who saw the creation of an Australian President as an opportunity to make a political comeback. The big joke circulating at the time of the last Republic referendum was Former Prime Minister Paul KeatingWho It was once said that Australia was called “the end of the world @”will be our first President.
Perhaps worst of all, the presidency that many Australian republicans are pushing for will be very weak compared to the presidency of the United States. The plan many are pushing is for parliament to elect the President of Australia, rather than a US-style electoral college system or direct election, and for parliament to remove the President at any time through approval. simple majority – despite the support of many for the directly elected president. As far as I can remember, there are no plans for the Australian president to have a US legislative style veto.
For these reasons, my memory is The 1999 Australian republic referendum failed in Australia has been seen by many as the leftist in power.
And of course, there is, or has been, the perception that the royal presence in our national constitution saved Australia from becoming a communist dictatorship in 1975. Royal Privilege was used to overthrow us Cheering the Vietnamese communist leader Prime minister Gough Whitlam – so there is a widespread perception that the current system is working.
I’m not a fan of King Charles, but until Australian politicians come up with something better than the weak, self-serving republican constitutional proposal they pushed for last time, better evil that we know.
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