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highlyeccentricI refer you to Minna's succinct explanation of Australian governance as pertains to the appointment and deposition of Prime Ministers.
For serious, Julia Gillard's choice not to move into the Lodge until she's "elected" is politically savvy, but for god's sake, WHY IS EVERYONE TALKING LIKE A MID-TERM PM IS NOT LEGIT? It happens frequently! The only odd thing about this is that Rudd is the first PM since 1932 to have it happen to him *in his first term*. The Governor-General invites the majority party to form a government; said party elects a leader; the G-G appoints said leader Prime Minister. Should the party change leaders, THEN THE PM CHANGES.
If Julia Gillard thinks that Kevin Rudd was elected Prime Minister directly by the Australian people, or that the people think he was, or that leaders of government *should* be directly voted in, then she needs to do one of two things:
1. Revise the republican debate quicksmart and make provisions for the election of a head of state in the constitution.
or
2. Direct her new Education Minister to drag this country's primary and secondary teachers over the coals for failing to instill a basic understanding of our system of government in the citizens of the nation.
For serious, Julia Gillard's choice not to move into the Lodge until she's "elected" is politically savvy, but for god's sake, WHY IS EVERYONE TALKING LIKE A MID-TERM PM IS NOT LEGIT? It happens frequently! The only odd thing about this is that Rudd is the first PM since 1932 to have it happen to him *in his first term*. The Governor-General invites the majority party to form a government; said party elects a leader; the G-G appoints said leader Prime Minister. Should the party change leaders, THEN THE PM CHANGES.
If Julia Gillard thinks that Kevin Rudd was elected Prime Minister directly by the Australian people, or that the people think he was, or that leaders of government *should* be directly voted in, then she needs to do one of two things:
1. Revise the republican debate quicksmart and make provisions for the election of a head of state in the constitution.
or
2. Direct her new Education Minister to drag this country's primary and secondary teachers over the coals for failing to instill a basic understanding of our system of government in the citizens of the nation.