To be completely honest with you, I'd like to see a directly elected President. I just don't think it will get up for another 20 to 50 years because although people want to directly elect a President, can we get a majority of Australians in a majority of states to support a significant move away from our present system of government. This is an important first step. The proper context for looking at direct election is where we're having a broader review of the governmental process, when we're looking at the role of the Senate, where we're looking at the role of the minor parties. There's a lot of inertia out there, but I think it will happen within ten years.
People are very unhappy with the system of government right now.
There's written commitment to ongoing constitutional review out from the ConCon. But this is a good first step. In other words, this bipartisan model is the only one that can be politically successful. I don't want to wait 50 years for a Republic. It's a very good starting point for the direct electionists.