Australia ditches former PM's knights and dames

[Eugene]

Source: Agence France-Presse

Australia ditches former PM's knights and dames

AFP 1 hour ago

Sydney (AFP) - Australia has removed knights and dames from the national honours system, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull confirmed Monday, saying the titles were "not appropriate" in the modern age.

Knights and dames were unexpectedly revived last year by then prime minister, and staunch monarchist, Tony Abbott -- prompting accusations he was in a "time warp" and out of touch with voters.

Turnbull, an outspoken republican, had been widely expected to dump the titles ever since he replaced Abbott in a conservative Liberal Party room coup in September.

"The cabinet recently considered the Order of Australia... and agreed that knights and dames are not appropriate in our modern honours system," Turnbull said in a statement.

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Source: Associated Press

Australia dumps titles knights and dames from honors awards

By Associated Press November 1 at 8:36 PM

CANBERRA, Australia — Australia has dumped the titles knights and dames from the national honors awards months after the former Prime Minister Tony Abbott sparked a furor by making the British queen’s husband an Australian knight.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced on Monday that Queen Elizabeth II had agreed to an Australian Cabinet recommendation to remove knights and dames from the Order of Australia.

Many argue that Abbott’s decision to make Prince Philip a knight on Australia’s national day on Jan. 26 was the beginning of the end of his leadership.

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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/australia-dumps-titles-knights-and-dames-from-honors-awards/2015/11/01/176de706-8102-11e5-8bd2-680fff868306_story.html

[MisterP]

1. a monarchist that only local law prevents the monarchs in question from paddling in public?

wouldn't stop Philip anyway