The design and operation of our parliamentary system is not about distributing powers but concentrating them, which makes political accountability and protection of God-given rights extremely difficult to achieve. The Governor General has no real power to intervene in the political process on behalf of the Australian people. We need an urgent reform of our democracy as the political class has shown a willingness to violate fundamental rights and undermine even the most elementary principles of the rule of law.
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