Barbed Wire. February 1998

Barbed Wire. Militant February 1998

Startling New Poll Findings

A recent Poll by Corporate Ratings Australia Polls revealed a surprising shift of opinion in favour of retaining the Monarchy, as shown in the results of a recent poll.

Are you in favour of a Republic in which the President would be appointed by a committee of former Australian Prime Ministers?

Yes	No	Don’t Know
3	77	20

Are you in favour of a President elected by popular vote having the power of life-and-death over all citizens (except those with more than $10,000 in the bank)

Yes	No	Don’t Know
10	85	5

Do you think the Queen Mother is a nice person?

Yes	No	Don’t Know
55	5	40

In response to this poll, Militant decided to conduct its own poll to verify whether these results are an accurate reflection of views in relation to changing the Constitution. The results are as follows:

Are you in favour of members of Parliament, having the right be on the street after 6pm?

Yes	No	Don’t Know
1	90	9

Are you in favour of the entire membership of both houses of Parliament, being wrapped in a plastic bag and thrown into Lake Burley-Griffin?

Yes	No	Don’t Know
90	1	9

Are you in favour of the boss in your workplace being subject to popular vote?

Yes	No	Don’t Know
80	10	10

Are you in favour of God being elected by popular mandate?

Yes	No	Don’t Know
40	10	50

Would you support having a Constitution which did not specify how often if ever elections should be held, enshrines the rights of politicians but guarantees no rights at all for other citizens, recognises theft as the only legitimate form of property, grants immunity from Australian law to troops and battleships from another country, debars public employees and political prisoners from being elected to Parliament and places absolute power in the hands of the hereditary ruler of a foreign country?

Yes	No	Don’t Know
0	100	0