What powers does Queen Elizabeth have over Canada and Australia?
The Crown has quite a bit, while the Queen has virtually none, and absolutely none that can be used in any discretionary way. This seeming contradiction is actually pretty clear. The powers of the Monarch are delegated to the elected government of the day. Unlike the Government of the UK, I doubt she is even kept informed in any detailed fashion, nor does she visit Canada or Australia very often. When she does, her primary activities are ceremonial. The Crown is often used as a synonym for the entire Canadian government itself, such as Crown-owned land or the Crown’s lawyers.The Monarch, whoever it is, has many powers, technically. The Canadian Constitution says that “the executive government and authority of and over Canada” is vested in the Monarch. Among other things, she is the head of Canada’s Parliament and the commander-in-chief of the Canadian armed forces, but she is not involved in any day to day decision making, or even long term strategy, in any way. All of the things the Queen does do, like appointing a Governor General, are done on the recommendation of the Government of the day. Were the Queen to reject a Government’s recommendations, or even more outlandishly, if she were to attempt to take action unilaterally, I think you would find that would be ignored and Constitutional Monarchy would be on it’s way out in Canada.In short, the Queen has some power, but she cannot ever use it until asked to do so by the Government.
Is the electricity power 220V or 110V in Australia?
To be exact it is 240V... look at the attached link... you might need a "I" type plug. I hope I can draw it out better :) . . | \. . . ./
Which do you think should have more power: the state government, or the federal government? Why?
The state government should have more power... while the fed should still have the central/stronger power. The reason being that the Constitution was written that way. The Constitution actually sets up the individual states with more power... the states lost all the power after the civil war. The civil war was started because of the federal government... and for some reason people thought it was a good idea to give more power to the fed. The state governments are smaller so they can reflect the opinions of the people more easily, and passing stupid laws are less likely. You do have the weird ones (every state has them) but you don't end up with stupid laws which cost everyone trillions of dollars of debt. Our federal government can't balance the budget and spends more than they take. When the states had more power the union was in fact stronger, and when one state's economy suffered hard times, most of the other states wouldn't feel it. Today, every state feels the pains of one state... no matter the problem. We need smaller government so they can leave me and my money alone. I can manage my money a lot better than a politician ever could.
Is it probable that Australia will be a great world power by the 23rd century?
It seems very likely, as the Australian population is the fastest growing in the western world and as it has so cleverly harnessed the Asia Economic Juggernaut to it's advantage and that it spearheads research and discoveries in so many scientific and medical facets of humanity that it shall continue to evolve and shape into a more powerful nation through the coming decades. As agricultural technologies advance and cloud seeding becomes more widespread in use in Australia and more land becomes sustainable and water becomes more accessible through piping from northern Queensland and PNG, Australia simply may have a chance to climb to new vast heights of power in the world as technology allows humanity to tap into the virtually limitless resources and lands of Australia. Being such a vast deserted land, once it becomes sustainable it could and may even serve as a temporary solution to overpopulation as it is the very nearly the last great deserted expanse in the world (apart from Antartica of which Australia nearly owns half). Perhaps the country could even rise to become a superpower in a century or two. As Chair of the Australian Reserve Bank, Glenn Stevens, said, "the Chinese economic juggernaut will give birth to a child that may grow even stronger than it, and the child will be Australia". Is this plausible or is this scenario too fantastic for reality?
Australian to German power adapter in Berlin?? help!?
Conrad Elektronik in Berlin should have them. They have three shops: Hasenheide 14-15 Kleiststr. 30-31 Schloßstr. 34-36 The phone number is (030) 6165170 --- on thinking it over: As the voltage is the same in Europe and Australia and it sounds as if you'll stay here, why not have the plugs changed where possible? Shouldn't be too expensive. --- one more edit (hours later): I found the Conrad catalogue. The printed one. I knew I had it somewhere; so here's what you need: The "Universal-Reiseadapter". They say it's also ideal for visitors to Germany. The item number is 48 17 80-88 (catalogue page 646) and it goes for 20.50 euros. Ask for it at a Conrad store.
Would a Ps3 bought in Australia, work in the Philippines?
Hey guys, 2 years ago, I brought our old Ps3 to the Philippines for our vacation that was gonna last 2 months. When I plugged it in, my Ps3 didn't work. It must have short circuited or something. I just want to ask, would the new version of the Ps3 that I newly bought, die as well if I connect it to a power point in the Philippines? Thanks in advance! :)