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OFF TOPIC => WORLD NEWS => General => Topic started by: eye30 on November 02, 2015, 12:35:26

Title: Australia drops knights and dames from honours system
Post by: eye30 on November 02, 2015, 12:35:26

Australia will no longer appoint knights and dames under its honours system, PM Malcolm Turnbull has said.

Mr Turnbull said the titles were "not appropriate" in modern Australia, and that Queen Elizabeth had accepted the cabinet's recommendation to drop them.

Former PM Tony Abbott reintroduced knighthoods and damehoods in 2014.

His controversial decision to grant Prince Philip a knighthood in January was widely seen as one of the factors which ended his term as leader.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-34695549

Title: Re: Australia drops knights and dames from honours system
Post by: Surferdude on November 02, 2015, 14:24:03

And good riddance too.
I'm not completely anti monarchy,  just agree we don't need them here. Especially since Tones cheapened them with the Philip award.

Title: Re: Australia drops knights and dames from honours system
Post by: Mike SX on November 02, 2015, 17:24:14

I'll never forget "that speech" by Paul Keating ("95, I think). I found it very amusing. 😁