Okies, it's probably weird, but tonight's news story about the Australian government (in particular Alexander Downer) telling the Australian Wheat Board to cover their rear ends months before crisis management was working with the AWB before the United Nations/American government started raising public alarms over the AWB's behaviour got me thinking about whether the Governor General could dismiss the parliament.

I guess I'm thinking a la GG Sir John Kerr's dismisal of Gough Whitlam in 1975 (quick summary of Whitlam's dismissal here). So the reasons with that were entirely different, but if the government has been so blatantly, obviously and corruptly lying for years?

Hmmm... Yes, yes, you could say that all politicians are lying creeps, but this whole AWB thing is crazy.

The GG has reserve powers to appoint and dismiss the Prime Minister under section 64 of the Australian Constitution (have a look at the Atourney General's Department on the Australian constitution). So does that extend to cover the government encouraging corruption? Encouraging bribery?

*shrugs* I dunno.

Prolly too many things for the wisdom teeth (yay Advil), too little sleep and too many tears over three now-dead little mice that have gone to the other side since yesterday (altho it's a good ad for the mouse traps).