One of the main claims about the Constitution is that Australians are trapped in a horse and buggy constitution of the 19th century with no hope of escape. The 'no hope of escape' refers to the difficulty of constitutional change through a democratic referendum, whilst 'the horse and buggy' refers to federalism.
Does this indicate a dislike of the democratic foundation and federal processes of the Constitution?
Most would appear to accept the democracy part--who is against democracy these days?-- whilst being deeply criitcal of the federal part.
Posted by Gary Sauer-Thompson at October 7, 2004 11:46 PM | TrackBack