For a popularly-elected, non-executive, apolitical Australian Head of State
In the very heart of our constitutional system, John Power proposes a Council of State, chaired by an elected President who provides integrity and assurance that our state and federal governments are working for the people under the rule of law.
Be taken on a journey from the start of the modern age to current efforts to forge a better constitution. On the way meet the New Copernicans and their constitutional paradigm that is redefining the republican debate and will remake our nation.
Peter Carden investigates the implications of republicanism for the States and discovers how the Copernican paradigm is not only respectful of state independence; it could give states a major role in defining the Presidency.
