AH challenge: Anglo-Australian War after 1919

Inspired by an old thought I had in yr 12, after watchin an episode of 60 MINUTES where a few Poms in Australia were complaining bout life here, & wanted to move back to England: how could a war have occurred- perhaps even a war of independence- between Australia & the UK at any time after 1919 (despite the predominantly Anglo composition of Australia's population) ? WI say after a worse 1942 for Australia, widespread Australian public opinion perceives Britain as definitvely betrayed Australia's interests, creating the groundswell for a subsequent open war against London ?
 
Maybe as a complete technicality after recognising some old aborgional treaty as something the government recognises as inherited?
 
I can't think of a scenario, but I remember the 60 Minutes story where the poms were whinging that they had lots of firends and an active social life. The quote of the story was where a woman said "Oh no, not sunny and warm again".
 

Tovarich

Banned
I can't think of a scenario, but I remember the 60 Minutes story where the poms were whinging that they had lots of firends and an active social life. The quote of the story was where a woman said "Oh no, not sunny and warm again".
War could've broken out, had Australia tried to send the ungrateful, whinging, racist, malcontents back here;)
 

Rush Tarquin

Gone Fishin'
Most assuredly off-topic, but I remember seeing a study which made the case that most of the people who were voting for One Nation in the outer western suburbs of Sydney were actually migrants from the UK. Did they not see the irony?
 
We have a similar issue in NZ back in the late 90s - with the mildly distasteful NZ First getting some support from British born migrants - to the degree that a senior MP candidate for that party didn't actually have NZ citizenship when she put herself forward for election. But for all the "whinging pom" meme it doesn't change the fact that British migrants form a substantial source of regular migration to both countries and that plenty of us go back the other way (if temporarily) - you should hear the accents in London sometime!
 
We have a similar issue in NZ back in the late 90s - with the mildly distasteful NZ First getting some support from British born migrants - to the degree that a senior MP candidate for that party didn't actually have NZ citizenship when she put herself forward for election. But for all the "whinging pom" meme it doesn't change the fact that British migrants form a substantial source of regular migration to both countries and that plenty of us go back the other way (if temporarily) - you should hear the accents in London sometime!

I don't think NZ citizenship was required at the time. I'm not sure when the law changed, but certainly all Commonwealth countries started out with only the stipulation that a person needed to be a Commonwealth citizen and resident in the country for "x" amount of time in order to stand for election and to vote. That's still the case in the UK and some Commonwealth countries in the Caribbean and the Pacific I believe.
 
I don't think NZ citizenship was required at the time. I'm not sure when the law changed, but certainly all Commonwealth countries started out with only the stipulation that a person needed to be a Commonwealth citizen and resident in the country for "x" amount of time in order to stand for election and to vote. That's still the case in the UK and some Commonwealth countries in the Caribbean and the Pacific I believe.


My point wasn't so much related to her being ineligible more that she was a member of a party well known for being the anti immigrant party at the time, while being a non citizen immigrant herself. That being said, I know a couple of non white immigrants that are or were members of the Party but they took citizenship and never put themselves forward as candidates

Looking at the NZ Electoral Act I think the law may have changed in 2003, restricting standing rights to citizens assuming s47 is the appropriate section. In the UK it does seem more generous, assuming one has indefinite leave to remain or doesn't require leave to remain
 

Rush Tarquin

Gone Fishin'
IIRC the coolest relations ever got was during the Bodyline series.

A former ASIS agent once told me that in the lead up to the '90 Gulf War, it became apparent that Australian intelligence had been captured by MI6 and that it was producing and relaying intelligence supportive of the British position and agenda re the Gulf. How such a position would differ from the Australian position anyway I cannot fathom.
 
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