Tuesday, February 20, 2018

Chapter 1: Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister

Introduction

The political dysfunctional of Australia within recent years, is evidence prove that the Australia Government Structure is outdated and needed major upgrade. The Commonwealth of Australia Government structure, is introduced in 1911, over 106 years ago, when the population of Australia is a mere, 4.5 million. Today, Australia is a country of over 24 million. Flaws of Australia government structure, that would not cause problems, one hundred years ago, is now helping to create the issue of political dysfunctional and political disorganize for modern Australia.
This series would explore flaws of Australia Government structure and how it is helping to create the issue of political dysfunction and political disorganize for modern Australia and what sort of upgrade will help resolve the problems. 

Chapter 1: Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister

It would also explore some others flaws of Australia Government structure and how it will one day, also help to create problems for Australia and what sort of upgrade will resolve the problems.

As current Australia Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said, the Prime Minister of Australia, is not a President.

But the problem is that, in reality, the Prime Minister of Australia, perform both the duty of a President (King or Emperor in some countries) and a Prime Minister (Secretary of State, in some countries). Thus, the resolution is to reform the position of Prime Minister, into a Prime Minister in name, but President in practice, referencing the US system of electing a President, any Australian citizen over age of forty and got no criminal record, got the right to run for the position of Prime Minister and there should be no limitation in the number of candidates, but unlike the US, he should be elected via the popular vote, rather than electoral college.

Despite the Prime Minister play the role of both a Prime Minister (Secretary of State in some country) and a President (King or Emperor in some country), who can become the Prime Minister, is greatly limited by the two-party system, mean in comparison to the US

1.       Australia is less likely to have good Prime Minister candidates: US are more likely to have good President candidates
2.       Australia is more likely to get stuck with only bad candidates: US are less likely to get stuck with bad only candidates

This is because

1.       Due to the two-party system, at Australia only people who is a MP/leader of left or right side of House of Representative can be elected as Prime Minister: US allows any US citizens by birth over the age of 40, with no criminal record to become President candidate

And such great Prime Minister candidate restriction of Australia, is simply not necessary

2.       Due to the two-party system, at Australia there can always be at most two candidates (leader of left side of House of Representative and leader of the right side of House of Representative): US allows unlimited number of candidates, thus, there can be as many candidates, as the number of US citizen by birth with no criminal record and is over the age of forty.

Despite only candidates from major party could receive more media attention, the number of candidates that can run is unlimited, for example, in the last US Presidential election, apart from Hilary Clinton and Donald Trump, there was in fact seven more Presidential candidates, despite these seven candidates, didn’t get invited to any major TV network, Presidential debate.

And restricting the number of Prime Minister candidate to two candidates, is simply not necessary.

As a result

1.       In elections, Australians only get to choose between leader of left or right side of House of Representative to be Prime Minister, only allowing two candidates: Americans get to choose from any American citizens by birth over 40 years old, with no criminal record and want to be President, allowing unlimited number of candidates.

2.       US is more likely to have good candidates in comparison to Australia and US is less likely to be limited to bad candidates in comparison to Australia (despite it might still happen for the US, but still, lease likely) As a result, US are more likely to have better government then Australia (not necessary have better government then Australia, but more likely)

In addition, in Australia the MP can change the leader of their side of House of Representative at pleasure, thus, change the Prime Minister, considering the Prime Minister of Australia, play both the role of Prime Minister and President, it can lead to great political instability. Of course, it could also have an advantage of, if a bad person become Prime Minister, it is easier to remove and replace him, but that would require the greater majority of MP are looking out for national interest, otherwise, it would be counterproductive, as we seen from for example, a main reason Kevin Rudd was been removed from the Prime Minister position, is due to him, not willing to share power, with the other MPs from his side of the House of Representative and even Malcolm Turnbull, it seems that he need to be fearful of not pleasing the interest of the MP, if he wants to stay as Prime Minister.

Thus, the US system better allows a good and stable government, while the Australian system, are less likely to such effect and for a country with a population of 24 million, it need a system that can better allow a good and stable government.

Thus, this article firstly proposed the idea, for the Prime Minister, to become a Prime Minister in name, but an US style President in practice, not needing to be a MP or leader of the left or right side of House of Representative, there can unlimited number of candidates running for the position of Prime Minister and any Australian citizen over the age of forty, with no criminal record can run for such office.


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