[eye30]

Australia will no longer appoint knights and dames under its honours system, PM Malcolm Turnbull has said.

Mr Turnbull said the titles were "not appropriate" in modern Australia, and that Queen Elizabeth had accepted the cabinet's recommendation to drop them.

Former PM Tony Abbott reintroduced knighthoods and damehoods in 2014.

His controversial decision to grant Prince Philip a knighthood in January was widely seen as one of the factors which ended his term as leader.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-34695549

[Surferdude]

And good riddance too.
I'm not completely anti monarchy,  just agree we don't need them here. Especially since Tones cheapened them with the Philip award.

[Mike SX]

I'll never forget "that speech" by Paul Keating ("95, I think). I found it very amusing. 😁