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It's Safe

Above: Thumbnail of the text of the Australian Constitution. The 630 words to be updated are shown in green.

The Honorary President Model involves only minor changes to the Australian Constitution. Only the twenty sections which refer to the Queen would need to be updated -- about 1/18th of the total.

The model retains the Governor-General under exactly the same conditions of appointment and holding exactly the same powers. This means the model is just as safe as our present constitution.

The balance between the political power of the Prime Minister and the constitutional power of the Governor-General is also continued. It is this balance that has protected our democracy for over 100 years.

As for the Honorary President, their powers are so limited by the constitution, there's no role in actual government, no role in any parliament and certainly no political role whatsoever.

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