Bobby. wrote on Apr 29
th, 2017 at 7:07am:
Brian Ross wrote on Apr 28
th, 2017 at 9:17pm:
We've been through all that -
I've already told you that war powers can override anything.
Australia does not have a provision for "war powers" in it's Constitution in the way you are using the term, Bobby. If you have evidence to the contrary, produce it, with a link. Until them, you're just pissing into the wind, as per normal.
Quote:We are in a war on terror -
our troops are fighting it overseas & our police agencies are fighting it here.
We are not in a "war" on anything, Bobby. Our Government has not declared war on anybody. It has chosen to take part in a conflict which even the main protagnonist, the USA has not declared a war on anybody. The "war on Terror" is purely a publicity event, the same as the "war on drugs" or the "war on poverty" have proven to be.
Now, until you address Section 116, your entire claim is simply the normal sort of bullshit that you put up when your trolling is pressed for evidence. The Australian Constitution determines the powers of the Australian Government and in Section 116 it declares:
Quote:The Commonwealth shall not make any law for establishing any religion, or for imposing any religious observance, or for prohibiting the free exercise of any religion, and no religious test shall be required as a qualification for any office or public trust under the Commonwealth.
[Australian Constitution]
Now, unless you are proposing a Constitutional Referendum to modify/remove Section 116, you are stuffed, Bobby, well and truly. As we all know, Constitutional Referenda in Australia are very chancy thing. I somehow doubt that the Churches/Synagogues/Mosques/Temples/etc. are going to preach anything except a "no" vote to your proposal from their pulpits/lecterns. Your proposal is like the Communist Party Dissolution referendum of 1949 headed for the deep six.