SOME OF THE TRAPS SET IN THE NOVEMBER 1999 REFERENDUM.
A yes or no vote will deliver unlimited government to the establishment by the fact that either vote will grant the peoples' approval for the existing document commonly but incorrectly referred to as the complete Constitution. This document is only one of the six documents that make up the 1901 Constitution, on its own it is not a functional document. The result of voting either yes or no will see this non-functional document as the officially approved constitution, either with a governor-general or with a president. The trap - the establishment don’t care which way we vote, either way the establishment get a legal document that allows them to govern with unlimited power having received the peoples' irrevocable approval. Making Alternative Three the only option.
If the republic proposition gets up - a yes vote, it gives the establishment a blank cheque to rewrite the constitution to suit themselves. - Again Alternative Three is the only option.
All the above traps include a constitution deprived of the base protection of the Laws of England. The people are being asked to approve a constitution that not only allows unlimited government but government that is not bound to observe the heritage (inalienable) rights of - or the system of justice that the people ultimately rely on. - Again Alternative Three is the only option.
The preamble, the proposed wishy-washy words offer nothing and at the same time leave the constitution without a proper preamble, which means the people who ultimately have to determine what the Constitution says are without a philosophy by which to be guided. This means that the philosophy of those determining the meaning of the constitution is the one that will be used. It will be the job of this same body to determine the peoples' rights and what type of justice they are entitled to, as neither are defined in the constitution. - Alternative Three has a worthy preamble.
What the establishment is angling for is approval of a document that exercises no control whatsoever over the Australian government and at the same time guarantees the people absolutely no protection against over zealous, or dictatorial government. --- Alternative Three offers the exact opposite.
The great difficulty the people have in bringing about any change to the existing constitution or in putting forward a fresh constitution is threefold. First: the money required to promote ideas runs into millions. Second: The cost and the logistics of gathering all the electors together to vote are prohibitive. Third: The verification - legitimacy of the ballot result would be difficult to obtain without the machinery that is already in place and will be available at the November referendum. It is therefore essential that the people use the opportunity provided - whenever it is provided.
If you support either the republic, or the no-republic teams, you have been again suckered into one of the establishment one of two option traps. Division designed to control the debate and the outcome to the absolute advantage of the establishment. It is the same two-football-team-trap set at each election, which has reduced Australians to a cleverly divided non-thinking mass. The Constitution debate must be above party politics and the division it brings with it. The Constitution is the set of rules designed to control the politicians, for this reason we must be doubly cautious of every word of their input.
There is no doubt that the establishment will do all within their power to condemn the Alternative Three proposals, the best way they can accomplish this it to impose a media blackout - if the people don’t see it on TV then it just does not exist. If you want your say to count in the referendum you will have to do your share in the promotion. Every word, every handout, every donation will assist.
What is your freedom worth to you - whatever its value don’t leave it until it is too late to alert everybody across Australia to the trap that is being set for them.
Time to think - time to have your say - as opposed to doing what the politicians dictate.
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