Thread: Answer to a dumb question

Originally Posted by elanjacobs

I would have thought that the two solstices must be 6 months apart by definition. Besides, since there is always 12 hours of both light and dark at the equator, it is in permanent equinox and would NEVER experience a solstice in terms of longest/shortest day

I question this. The sun moves ( I know it really doesn't, but it is easier to visualize things this way. 0 Between the two tropics so how can there be equal periods of sunshine and darkness on the equator each and every day?

Originally Posted by cava

Ian has the right answer to a point.

Having been through the courts over the last couple of years - long story. It was ascertained by some (many) greater than myself that the Australian Constitution has the Queen of the UK and Northern Ireland as it's monarch.

However, in 1974(?) the then Whitlam government changed the Royal Stiles and Titles Act to encompass the Queen of Australia without consent from all the countries in the Commonwealth as required, making the Queen of Australia illegal. Fast forward a few years, and we have the Australia Act, which was enacted without due process, also making this Act very suspect.

The upshot is, believe it or not, currently we have the Queen of Australia which is illegal and also the Queen of the UK and Northern Ireland under the Constitution.

Compound this with the situation that the High Court in Melbourne has removed the Australian Coat of Arms and picture of the Queen from it's Court, making it a private Court and one not under the Crown.

Also legally, Australia is still classified as a Colony of the UK, and not a country.

It is a real dogs breakfast.

I thought that each state in Australia has the Queen of pommyland as its head of state - just to confuse the issue even further!!

Originally Posted by artme

I question this. The sun moves ( I know it really doesn't, but it is easier to visualize things this way. 0 Between the two tropics so how can there be equal periods of sunshine and darkness on the equator each and every day?

have a look at this chart for daylight in Qquinto, capital of Ecuador https://www.timeanddate.com/sun/ecuador/quito

June 21 -- 12:07
December 21 -- 12:08
September 21 -- 12:06

Yearly Sun graph

Originally Posted by artme

I thought that each state in Australia has the Queen of pommyland as its head of state - just to confuse the issue even further!!

the PERSON who is the Queen of pommy land just happens to also be the Queen of Australia. However, the titles are separate which means that they don't HAVE TO BE held by the same person.

Originally Posted by ian

the PERSON who is the Queen of pommy land just happens to also be the Queen of Australia. However, the titles are separate which means that they don't HAVE TO BE held by the same person.

Also Australia is a Dominion of Britain not a colony. Although personally I think its a weak distinction.


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Originally Posted by DaveVman

Also Australia is a Dominion of Britain not a colony. Although personally I think its a weak distinction.


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Actually we're not.

In 1926, the British government agreed the Balfour Declaration – that Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa were completely independent countries and the 1931 Statute of Westminster confirmed their full legislative independence.

Further in 1953 the Commonwealth of Australia passed complementary legislation.

Peter.