Monarchy of Australia
Okay kiddo, so you know how sometimes when you play games with your friends, everyone picks a person to be the leader or the king or queen, right? Well, in Australia, we have a queen too! Her name is Queen Elizabeth and she is the queen of many countries, including Australia.
But here’s the thing, even though Queen Elizabeth is the queen of Australia, she doesn’t actually make all the important decisions for us. Instead, we have our own government that takes care of things like deciding what laws we have and how we spend our money.
So, the queen is more like a symbol or a figurehead. She’s the head of the royal family and she does things like visiting Australia and meeting with important people, but she doesn’t have the power to tell us what to do or change our laws.
The queen also has a representative in Australia called the Governor-General. This person is chosen by the Prime Minister (the leader of our government) and they do things like representing the queen at important events and signing off on new laws.
So, basically, having a monarchy in Australia means that we have a queen who represents our country and is part of our history and culture, but our government is still in charge of making the big decisions. Does that make sense, kiddo?
But here’s the thing, even though Queen Elizabeth is the queen of Australia, she doesn’t actually make all the important decisions for us. Instead, we have our own government that takes care of things like deciding what laws we have and how we spend our money.
So, the queen is more like a symbol or a figurehead. She’s the head of the royal family and she does things like visiting Australia and meeting with important people, but she doesn’t have the power to tell us what to do or change our laws.
The queen also has a representative in Australia called the Governor-General. This person is chosen by the Prime Minister (the leader of our government) and they do things like representing the queen at important events and signing off on new laws.
So, basically, having a monarchy in Australia means that we have a queen who represents our country and is part of our history and culture, but our government is still in charge of making the big decisions. Does that make sense, kiddo?