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Flat White

Playing politics with the Governor

13 June 2023

5:00 AM

13 June 2023

5:00 AM

This piece is authored by a guest writer.


The beauty of Australia’s Constitutional Monarchy is the absence of politics from the roles of Governor and Governor-General.

We were reminded of this during the Coronation of King Charles III.

Our system works because, at its zenith, the Monarch sits above and beyond daily politics.

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