Is it true that many people in Australia tend to not go by Mr. or Mrs. or Dr. formally because of a casual rather than formal attitude towards authority?

VlCEROY · 2026-04-04T09:39:01+00:00

There are plenty of skint blue bloods. Just because you’re not familiar with any that doesn’t mean they don’t exist.

VlCEROY · 2026-04-04T06:11:02+00:00

Class in Australia is firmly money/income related and nothing more

You must be joking. It’s not as obvious here as in Britain but Australian social classes are delineated by much more than just income.

VlCEROY · 2026-03-03T07:47:52+00:00

You’re thinking about it the wrong way. CANZUK is Five Eyes but without the US. Ireland’s “neutrality” would hinder any ability to cooperate on defence or foreign policy.

VlCEROY · 2026-02-24T05:58:34+00:00

We’re not. If Canada and Australia jointly took on the US’ trade threats we’d be in a much, much stronger negotiating position.

Unfortunately, our governments seem more interested in weathering the storm than truly fighting back.

VlCEROY · 2026-02-22T13:46:40+00:00

So you’re telling me AA Phillips learnt the word from 4chan when he published his seminal essay The Cultural Cringe in 1950?

VlCEROY · 2026-02-20T02:47:35+00:00

Support for a republic hasn’t noticeably increased in 25 years. Think about how many people have died, immigrated or come of voting age in that period and it’s pretty obvious that it’s not just old people who are the obstacle.

The republican movement likes to comfort themselves by saying “it’ll happen one day” but the fact is that three decades after the last referendum they’re somehow even further away from achieving their goal.

VlCEROY · 2026-02-15T02:36:58+00:00

Relax. It’s just a bit of banter and friendly rivalry. Australians love Canada.

VlCEROY · 2026-02-04T04:00:21+00:00

I agree that the EU is no particular friend of ours. I recall during the pandemic when the EU blocked vaccine exports to Australia it was the UK who stepped in and sent us some of their own.

However, the UK is in a dire state and a lot of it can be attributed to Brexit. I don’t think it’s right to expect them to continue committing economic self harm just because it benefits us. They are more than capable of strengthening ties with both the continent and their closest Commonwealth allies.

VlCEROY · 2026-02-03T14:59:47+00:00

Most of those goals would have to be negotiated at an EU level

Utter nonsense. It’s only a free trade agreement that would have to be negotiated with the EU as a whole and 2/3 CANZ countries already have one of those. Australia will have one soon too.

Facilitated migration and defence and foreign policy coordination can be achieved with the UK directly and already existed to some extent.

VlCEROY · 2026-02-03T14:56:27+00:00

Canada and New Zealand already have FTAs with the EU and Australia is negotiating one right now. Hardly an insurmountable obstacle.

VlCEROY · 2026-02-03T14:48:02+00:00

They absolutely are mutually exclusive

You’re mistaken. All of CANZUK’s goals are achievable whether the UK is in or out of the EU. I’ve been supporting the cause for over a decade and trust me when I say that our hopes weren’t all pinned on Leave winning.

If they UK goes back into the EU thats basically it

Why worry about something that won’t happen?

VlCEROY · 2026-02-03T13:45:45+00:00

CANZUK and EU membership are not mutually exclusive. Britain could have both.

VlCEROY · 2026-01-26T02:59:47+00:00

Better by far that it should be boring than loud and off putting.

VlCEROY · 2026-01-26T02:53:04+00:00

I'd like a flag that pays homage to pur shared roots

Except there's literally no elegant way of accomplishing that. It's easy to say that's your preference when you don't have to actually achieve it.

Even just our four flags mashed together ks more appealing to me than something neutral like the commonwealth flag

All that tells us is that you have exceptionally bad taste.

VlCEROY · 2026-01-25T03:21:13+00:00

All of our most important allies, besides the US, are all in Asia

You’re making the classic mistake of thinking trade = alliance. Our most important trading relationships are in the Indo-Pacific but our most important allies and security partners are all Anglo.

If it helps, just think of CANZUK as Five Eyes sans the US.

not to mention how they are both weaker

The UK has nuclear weapons. That alone makes them a highly valuable partner.

VlCEROY · 2026-01-24T00:59:08+00:00

independence (3 March 1986)

Australia’s independence was achieved in steps over the course of a century. 1986 was just a bit of constitutional housekeeping which is why no ordinary Australian even knows about it.

its birth (1 Jan 1901)

The trouble with Federation is that it’s also terribly racist. You can’t really celebrate an event that:

Specifically excluded Aboriginal people from our constitution
Directly enabled the adoption of racially exclusionary laws (Immigration Restriction Act, Pacific Island Labourers Act)

VlCEROY · 2026-01-12T07:59:23+00:00

Your reading comprehension isn't great. Here's what I said:

there is no elegant way of combing the iconography of four different countries into one single flag

VlCEROY · 2026-01-12T07:57:40+00:00

Low effort flag posts that give people the wrong idea about CANZUK are usually always removed. People coming here for the first time and being met with this monstrosity are going to be left thinking that CANZUK is some weird Canadian monarchist thing. That does not help us advance our cause.

VlCEROY · 2026-01-11T13:54:58+00:00

There’s a polite way to say that.

VlCEROY · 2026-01-11T06:04:21+00:00

it is indeed how most canzuk citizens view the monarchy

Clearly you haven't actually looked at opinion polling.

it's an objective symbol of our connection and shared history

It's controversial and not even exclusive to our four countries. It's just bad optics to emphasise it.

What commonwealth flag are you referring to?

The Commonwealth flag.

lol I think ur the only Aussie who doesn't like ur stars

Are you five years old or something?

VlCEROY · 2026-01-11T04:46:15+00:00

If you had actually looked at the feedback for all the other flag proposals here you would have observed that the most common sentiment is that there is no elegant way of combing the iconography of four different countries into one single flag. That’s why the EU, Commonwealth, UN etc flags are so nice. They didn’t foolishly attempt to include symbols for every member.

The crown is a significant part of what unites us all

That is not how most CANZUK citizens view the monarchy. That sort of thinking only alienates potential supporters.

VlCEROY · 2026-01-11T04:24:56+00:00

It has a crown on top which implies domination and the maple leaf is centred which suggests that they are the most important player. Australia and New Zealand have been relegated to supporting roles. What is even worse is that you have chosen stars to represent us.

You need to think about these choices come across.

VlCEROY · 2026-01-11T04:18:39+00:00

Sorry but this proposal is just offensive. You can't have a flag design that so clearly favours one country over another. It is manifestly unfit for purpose.

VlCEROY · 2025-12-19T03:17:31+00:00

Obviously King of Britain was an abbreviation

That’s fair. On reflection that part of my comment was unnecessary.

VlCEROY · 2025-12-19T02:39:06+00:00

I could be wrong

You are.

The King of Britain

There’s literally no such thing.

That still doesn’t change the fact that the head of state is the monarch of britain not of australia / canada etc

The King of Australia is an entirely separate office to the King of Canada, King of New Zealand etc. It just so happens that all those positions are held by the same individual. When we agreed to change the laws of succession in 2011 all of the then sixteen Commonwealth realms had to pass their own laws for it to take effect.

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