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  • Australia is a "Constitutional Monarchy", which means we have our own government and law, and are technically a separate entity from England. However as we are part of the Commonwealth we also have a Commonwealth head of state (The Governor General), who represents the Queen of England in our country. In general we are left to govern ourselves, and our Government has almost the same authority as if there were no Monarchy over them. However, the Governor General does have some authority over our Government. He/she can dissolve parliament (basically sack the government) and call for new elections. In a sense Australia doesn't *have* to listen to England, but as a member of the Commonwealth and considering we still place ourselves under the Monarchy, it is probably in our best interest to at least give them an ear. If Australia was to become a Republic (as the debate has raged for decades), then it would become a moot point.
  • well yes and no its a good idea to but there are areas were we would never listen or agree with and they are cricket and rugby
  • The answer to this question, headed "Top Answer out of 2" by Shabba, contained some errors, namely the word "England" which was continually used wrongly. The correct term should be the United Kingdom or U.K. For example, reference to the Queen of England should have read Queen of the U.K. England is one of the 4 constituent countries that make up the U.K. The other 3 are Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. This is a common mistake, and many people refer wrongly to the U.K. as England.

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