Gough Whitlam and his deputy, Lance Barnard, famously ran the country as a two-member ministry for the first two weeks of their Labor government in 1972. Each had 14 ministries.
That is what governors-general do, unless, like Sir John Kerr in 1975, they are prepared to court a constitutional crisis by sacking an elected government. “Such officers shall hold office during the pleasure of the governor-general. They shall be members of the Federal Executive Council, and shall be the Queen’s ministers of state for the Commonwealth.”
tonyowright yes, but it is the secrecy that is the issue. not informing the Australian public or parliament
tonyowright You were baying for “Dictator Dan’s” blood while sweeping the reality of Dictator Scott under the rug. Why should we trust you?
tonyowright does that mean our Constitution allows (in essence) a Dictatorship to exist & the GG to endorse it, without the public knowing? And for exactly how long were we living under that regime without our knowledge?
tonyowright Didn’t take very long to start making excuses for the clown they’re partially responsible for inflicting on us.
tonyowright rubbish it wasnt constitutional at all and whitlams was a different situation he was obviously trying to work out who got what portfolio during those 2 weeks whereas scummo did it secretly and told no-one in his cabinet let alone us his employers also his reason is spurious...
tonyowright Might have been nice if he had, oh, I dunno, maybe told the Speaker, (all) of his cabinet, his coalition partners, us?
tonyowright Nice to see that the age now does editorial just like the abc
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