In reality a republic is a system of government without a monarch(a person that holds power by birthright). In a Monarchy ,the head of state is a hereditary monarch who symbolises the nation and has all constitutional and democratic authority. ... Some changes would have to be made to make Australia a republic , things like the head of state's power has to be defined, in some ways the laws and constitution have to be changed to accomodate the change to a republic for things like the power to dissolve parlament and the prime ministers power to expel the president under special circ...

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The political theorist Charles Louis Montesquieu was born in 1689 in France and was nobility by birth. ... People must honor the monarch and each other. ... In this way no one branch of government would have a large majority of power, as King Louis XIV was working on a tyranny. ... The power centers are the legislative (which consists of one large branch and a smaller, select branch), judicial, and executive. ... Montesquieu was influential in politics and laws and has shaped society today. ...

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The political theorist Charles Louis Montesquieu was born in 1689 in France and was nobility by birth. ... People must honor the monarch and each other. ... In this way no one branch of government would have a large majority of power, as King Louis XIV was working on a tyranny. ... The power centers are the legislative (which consists of one large branch and a smaller, select branch), judicial, and executive. ... Montesquieu was influential in politics and laws and has shaped society today. ...

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Plato believed that the average person can't make good political decisions and should be left out of the decision making process. ... He believed that the power should be separated into three groups: The Counsel, The Senate, and The Tribunes. The counsel would represent the interests of the monarch, the senate would represent the interests of the aristocrats, and the tribunes would represent the interests of the people as a whole. This way advice is taken from the widest range of people without giving one group all the power. ... Locke never wanted there to be a sovereign power and that t...

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