Their system has now been modified to provide single member electorates. Proportional representation was attractive to some on the basis that the political power would be allocated to various interest groups by granting them direct representation in parliament. A moment's thought will show that this is a recipe for division and confrontation in the decision-making process. The individual wellbeing is not best enhanced by conflict and confrontation unless there is no other way. It is said that war is the failure of politics.
Confrontation creates winners and losers.
A cooperative system is to be desired because it can make all winners in a creative unity, with an uplifting strength of national purpose and harmony. It was equally interesting to hear of countries such as Ireland who have a non-executive president. An immediate difficulty was highlighted in the excision of all references to the monarchy from our system. The states' separate political entities were recognised and protected by the Federal Constitution, this being currently evidenced by the retention of the offices of Governors in each state, with a technical subservience to the Crown. With the present variety of responses to the republican issue it is essential for the sake of unity of the nation that a quite substantial majority should be in favour of such a change.