Comments on: A Gubernatorial Constitution for NSW http://clubtroppo.com.au/2007/03/12/a-gubernatorial-constitution-for-nsw/ Fearlessly dispensing political, legal and economic analysis (and some whimsy) since 2002 Thu, 24 May 2012 06:59:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Pappinbarra Fox http://clubtroppo.com.au/2007/03/12/a-gubernatorial-constitution-for-nsw/#comment-106015 Pappinbarra Fox Mon, 12 Mar 2007 01:20:47 +0000 http://www.clubtroppo.com.au/2007/03/12/a-gubernatorial-constitution-for-nsw/#comment-106015 How about a complete overhaul of the Commonwealth State system? What if we elected members for the Commonwealth who also sat in the State parliament together with the Mayors of the Local Governments making up the total. Commonwealth Members would have to work a little harder maybe and so would the mayors but that would not be a bad thing. There could be a state wide electorate for the leader of the executive at the state level who could draw on the members of the state parliament and on outsiders to form the executive. Any takers? How about a complete overhaul of the Commonwealth State system? What if we elected members for the Commonwealth who also sat in the State parliament together with the Mayors of the Local Governments making up the total. Commonwealth Members would have to work a little harder maybe and so would the mayors but that would not be a bad thing. There could be a state wide electorate for the leader of the executive at the state level who could draw on the members of the state parliament and on outsiders to form the executive. Any takers?

]]> By: cam http://clubtroppo.com.au/2007/03/12/a-gubernatorial-constitution-for-nsw/#comment-106011 cam Mon, 12 Mar 2007 00:43:42 +0000 http://www.clubtroppo.com.au/2007/03/12/a-gubernatorial-constitution-for-nsw/#comment-106011 fatfingers, <i>Why two year terms?</i> Mainly because I didn't want the Governor to have more than a four year term and didn't want the gubernatorial election to be out of phase with the legislative elections while still having double the frequency of legislative to governor elections. Congress in the US has two year terms and with early election calling in the past the Au House of reps hasn't always done three year terms anyway. fatfingers, Why two year terms?

Mainly because I didn’t want the Governor to have more than a four year term and didn’t want the gubernatorial election to be out of phase with the legislative elections while still having double the frequency of legislative to governor elections. Congress in the US has two year terms and with early election calling in the past the Au House of reps hasn’t always done three year terms anyway.

]]> By: fatfingers http://clubtroppo.com.au/2007/03/12/a-gubernatorial-constitution-for-nsw/#comment-106008 fatfingers Mon, 12 Mar 2007 00:33:54 +0000 http://www.clubtroppo.com.au/2007/03/12/a-gubernatorial-constitution-for-nsw/#comment-106008 Very nice. I like the exclusions. Why two year terms? Very nice. I like the exclusions.

Why two year terms?

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