Talk:Politics of Australia
The Australia page needs updating, but I am not the person to do it!
Firstly, the Givernor-General of Australia is not longer Sir William Deane, but I do not know who the new guy is. I think he is the former Anglican Archbishop of Brisbane or something.
Also, the One Nation party is no longer headed by Pauline Hanson. Again, I am unsure who has taken over. - Mark Ryan
Corrected a couple of things: Social welfare policies most certainly don't "mostly date to the 1980s". It's difficult to tie them to any perticular decade.
There is not "broad bipartisan support" for the US alliance. There is broad support, yes, but also a long tradition of opposition. And the UK ties go back further and are still, perhaps, deeper. Then there is the trend to see Australia as part of Asia. And so on. This stuff should go back in, but suitably modified to reflect the actual mix of support - a task I don't feel like taking on tonight. Anyone game? Tannin
Social welfare policies can be tied to the 1940s, post WW2. The CES and the current social welfare system were established in 1946, and it was at this time that responsibility for 'welfare' passed from the states to the Federal Government. Mistertim
What has a list of government departments got to do with the politics of Australia? They belong in an article about administration. Adam 13:27, 10 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Answer:
(1) This is the destination page of Government of Australia where such a list probably could go; and
(2) Ministers of government administer departments, and that generates 'politics'!
Hence, I say, put it back. Peter Ellis 04:27, 13 Apr 2004 (UTC)
There is an important distinction between government and politics which should should be maintained. If you want to write an article about the structure of government in Australia, which would be a good thing to have, then de-redirect Government of Australia, transfer the "Government" section of Politics of Australia into the new article, and put your list of departments there. Adam 04:39, 13 Apr 2004 (UTC)
- I agree I keep getting frustratrated at having nowhere to link Australian Government and similar. This term refers to parliament and the public service and is quite a different thing to Politics of Australia. In fact recently all federal government departments rebranded themselves with the Government of Australia crest, and the department name smaller underneath. Has anyone started on an article about this stuff that we can redirect appropriate things to? Maybe this is worth listing on the Australian wikipedians' notice board as an article that needs work/colaboration. Martyman 23:02, 19 Oct 2004 (UTC)
- Oh good I'm not the only one irked about this.--ZayZayEM 03:10, 20 Oct 2004 (UTC)
The queen
I almost reverted this straight away when I saw it. The queen has absolutely zero to do with the Politics of Australia (apart from the fact certain politicians may voice their pro- or anti- republicanism views), and only barely has relevance to the Government of Australia (ie. in name only). I definitely don't think it should be on the Australia article either. Put it on Australians for a Constitutional Monarchy or Republicanism in Australia, or or whatever UK-related pages are deemed appropriate, but something about Australian government/politics should have the GG or the PM. I wanted to discuss this before I did it just in case I was in the minority here. -- Chuq 01:12, 8 Nov 2004 (UTC)