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King Charles: Australia's Future as a Republic Rests with Its People
What exactly is undemocratic? Australia's Governor General is the signing entity on legal acts and is appointed by the duly elected Prime Minister of Australia. The King, through the Governor General is in effect an appointed public servant who has no authority and does as he is directed by the Australian government. His role is primarily one of civil service on behalf of charities and social service agencies. What deference is shown? Australian official behaviour has been more along the line of rudeness and pettiness. When the President of China visits Australia, the Australian government officials and business leaders were following over themselves to show their deference. They couldn't kiss enough Chinese posteriors. Who knows, but your position is that of an arrogant foreign colonial occupier of Australia. You obviously do not even know the history of Australia and the relationship the Crown has with the aboriginal people. The Crown signed treaties with the aboriginal people long before Australia was a nation and has a duty to the First Australian people. You have made the assumption that your position is paramount and has greater validity than that of the First Australian people who do not share your position. In the 1930's the First Australian people had sought to petition King George V, to invoke his moral duty to protect them against the policies of the colonial people, to ensure that they had representation. They were protecting themselves against occupiers like you. In 1938, the Australian Government decided not to send the petition to King George VI (George V had died in 1936). It argued that no 'good purpose' would be served by doing so. The Crown over the decades has acted on behalf of the First Australian people and enjoys a position of favour with them such that the First Australian people place as much value on their relationship with the Crown, if not more, than they do with the Australian state and federal governments. Your position ignores the fact that you are in effect once again interfering with the rights of the First Australian people. It is the usual attitude of knowing what is best for then under the guise of social progress. If Republicans really cared about the principals they claim, they would first seek the approval of the First nation people. The Australian behaviour is really low class and rude. It is quite a contrast between the polite anticipation and happiness to share hospitality that Samoans are expressing at the upcoming visit. It is the Samoans who are showing how to be polite, while maintaining their sovereignty and independence. -
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Kamala Harris Defends Policy Stance in Heated Fox News Interview
When someone is as obsessed with Trump as she apparently is, there isn't much room left in her head for answers to questions not about Trump. If she went on Mastermind and her topic was Trump, she'd be a winner for sure ( at least till it got to general questions ). -
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If Trump is re-elected what does it say about the I.Q of the average American?
Just watch a few videos with Trump, unedited. It doesn't matter who publishes them. Trump is of the charts. He is crazy and many other bad things. I don't need any journalist to explain that to me. It's obvious. And you obviously have no idea about Europe. Next thing tell us about Kazakhstan because you saw the Borat movie. -
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UNIFIL’s Misguided Role in Southern Lebanon: A Threat to Israel's Security
Why, the article is saying the UN failed in its mission, what is simplistic and misleading in the premise? The related links in the OP hold testament to that. "The United Nations has been criticised for failing to implement Resolution 1701 and its failure to dismantle or disarm Hezbollah and for failing to prevent it from deploying forces south of the Litani river per Resolution 1701.[49][50][51] According to one analyst, "since 2006, Hezbollah has instead fortified southern Lebanon, particularly towns and villages along the 120-kilometer-long (about 75-mile-long) demarcation line. It has built unauthorized firing ranges, stocked rockets in civilian infrastructure, built tunnels into Israel, and repeatedly stopped UNIFIL from accessing certain areas."[50] Since the 7 October Hamas massacre in Israel, Hezbollah has continued to fire hundreds of rockets into civilian areas of Northern Israel.[52] Approx. 300,000 Israeli civilians have been internally displaced and forced to flee south as a consequence of the bombardment and more than 2,000 civilian buildings destroyed by Hezbollah rockets.[53][54][55]" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council_Resolution_1701 -
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Expats in Thailand urged not to worry about negative income tax
Expats and Thais are already required to file tax returns, if they receive annual earned income over THB 120,000 in Thailand or remitted to Thailand or passive income remitted from overseas or arising from Thailand over THB 60,000. The penalty for not filing a tax return is THB 2,000. NIT will make no difference to this. Millions of Thais ignore the requirement to file tax returns and probably most low income Thais below the tax paying threshold are totally unaware of the requirement and/or have no idea how to file. The idea of NIT would be to provide an incentive to file in the form of means tested welfare payments. The government believes this will increase its taxpayer base over time, as some recipients of NIT will eventually earn enough to pay tax and will find themselves stuck in the tax net as a result of having claimed NIT benefits in the past. The idea comes from the bureaucracy and was promoted by the Prayut government as well as the current Thaksin government which shows how lazy and bereft of ideas politicians are, as they just take up bad ideas from the bureaucracy and make no difference themselves. May as well save the cost of elections and allow unelected corrupt bureaucrats to govern in place of elected corrupt politicians. Means tested welfare is not a great idea because leaves out millions who can’t get into the system. In particular means tested welfare that only pays to people in employment is ridiculous because it excludes people unable to work or unable to find work. The Prayut government as one of its parting shots eliminated the non-means tested old age allowance of THB 600 a month for over 60s introduced by the Abhisit government, although those already in receipt are grandfathered in. The Thaksin government hasn’t bothered to reinstate the allowance. -
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Bangkok Stop Over
These people used to work at Jomtien Immi. Listen to this forum gurus. -
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Trump wins by a landslide !
This Topic is not about politics. This Topic is more about the transformation and crumbling of The American Culture. The upcoming Trump Landslide is but one symptom. This decline has been well documented...for example... https://www.jstor.org/stable/40970560 So this Topic is certainly not about Politics, per se. Trump's Final Victory is the culmination of the great decline of American Culture which has been diluted and polluted to the point that it no longer exists. THIS is why we LOVE IT HERE in Asia, especially EAST Asia and SE Asia, but mosty in China. The Chinese culture is the ONLY culture that will never die. Those who have lived for 40 years in China will know that I know what I am talking about. Where is Mark Twain when we most need him? Twain would have written truthfully about what we are now witnessing in America, just as he never failed to do when he was alive. -
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If Trump is re-elected what does it say about the I.Q of the average American?
You're a Harris voter then............ -
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Foreigner's Shocking Behavior On Soi 4 Sparks Outrage in Bangkok [videos]
If it quacks like a duck.... Conclusive proof? No. But proof beyond a reasonable doubt - YES Cheers buddy -
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Its too expensive I may leave
Yes, I agree, in fact an elderly friend has raised 2 kids on it. It's still quite a way short of the 65k required for an extension tho. So they need 800,000 baht in the bank, 400k of which has to be there for the year. -
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I met Mr Independent
Well that sort of depends on one's relationship. Does it always have to come down to share of actually money/money put into a relationship. Best example, from my real life with present wife, she 'contributed' as much or more, if considering savings from being with her in the 'long game'. She turned 720k into 3M+, and something I couldn't do, since not allowed to ... own land. The 720k was shared input, and about equal. Our present house w/solar & EVs we presently own, cost about that much, 3M, and all paid for, from her investing savvy. So reality, she paid for it all, along with no need for future expenditures for housing, electric and transportation, as the play, savings & oops accounts grow at an amazing rate. More so as she continues to invest and more land. ... that's priceless -
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A vote for Trump is a vote for Putin / Orban / Kim Jong Un
There's me thinking Russian troops are sprinkled around in a few countries, also providing arms to naughty countries, asking for help from naughty countries. You have a one-way thought street.....🤔 -
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Chatuchak condo residents glue-d to growing homeless woes
It's those damn drugs again. BRONSON! -
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If Trump is re-elected what does it say about the I.Q of the average American?
You mean morals like banging a married man and lying to advance your career? -
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Expats in Thailand urged not to worry about negative income tax
A clickbait at its worst.
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London’s Knife Crime Crisis: Labour’s Promises Fall Short
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