Yes, Jan, you do speak for many Australians with your sentiment regarding Australia being Constitutionally aligned to the British monarchy. However, there is a greater many who do not agree with you and thanks to our Constitution, we are all free to hold differing views and be able to express them in public without fear of censure.
Whilst King Charles can not personally intercede in the running of our Parliaments, there is an agent appointed to act on the behalf of the Monarch. Their powers are limited under the Constitution but they can intercede in some specific instances (including as has happened within the past 50 years, to dismiss a Government if their Bill of Supply fails to pass the Senate three times. This was a fortunate (and automatic) intervention that rid the country of an incompetent and corrupt Government at the time) and refuse the Royal Seal of Approval on Legislation if it would appear that that Legislation was not in the best interests of Australians as a whole.
A stable and secure community needs a common point or value under which all are equal. Under or Constitutional Monarchy, we have that in our Monarch. Our Monarch must at all times remain apolitical and over arch all the differences that are present in a diverse cosmopolitan nation.
King Charles III is a man of many talents and has lived an interesting life and brings knowledge beyond what many of us possess and has been coached by his mother in the ways of diplomacy that from what we have seen to date, he is bringing forth.
Will he be a strong cohesive figure for the future of Australia or bring about division across our nation? There are certain political forces which will encourage the latter, but let’s see how the public react when he visits with his Queen beside him.
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