🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <adm.859338853@ccadfa>, adm@ccadfa.cc.adfa.oz.au (David Moss) wrote:
 >Iain Jameson <Iain.Jameson@dsto.defence.gov.au> writes:
 >
 >>Concerning the betrayal of democracy and our basic
 >>human rights, can the Govenor General refuse
 >>to sign the Andrews bill into law?
 >
 >>If we ever needed protection from a bad law, it's now.

 >>Let's hope he has the guts to throw this bill in the
 >>scrap heap where it belongs, and give the individual
 >>back the right to determine their own lives and deaths -
 >>in accordance with article 3 of the UN bill of human rights.
 >>I would like to thank David Moss for pointing that out
 >>to us all.

 >This really takes the cake Iain, do you realise you are advocating
 >Australia become a dictatorship ?
 
 >88 Members of the House of Representatives voted for the Andrews Bill,
 >and 38 members of the Senate.

 >If you feel comfortable replacing that process with rule by decree of
 >one man, it goes a long way to explaining why you feel comfortable with
 >other dangerous practices, like euthanasia.

Well its an interesting question, David, a hoary old chestnut in this ng, but 
one you should not be so quick to dismiss.

's58. Royal assent to Bills
When a proposed law passed by both houses of the parliament is presented to the 
Governor General for the Queens Assent, he shall declare according to his 
discretion, but subject to this constitution, that he assents in the Queens 
name, or that he witholds assent, or that he reserves the law for the Queens 
pleasure

Recommendations by the Governor General 
The Governor General may return to the house in which it originated any proposed 
law so presented to him, and may transmit therewith any amendments which he may 
recommend, and the houses may deal with the recommendation'

So it seems that the GG has the choice to give assent, withold assent or refer 
to the Queen. The third line seems to indicate that this can only be done with 
reference to the constitution. that is that if the GG thinks that the Bill is in 
some way at odds with the constitution he may refer it back to the originating 
house for amendment.

This is our constitution, and the original question was a valid one.... Where 
are we replacing it with a dictatorship?

Love

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