The abolition of 'Knights' and 'Dames' deemend anachronistic?

[dmitridr]

*** EVIDENCE OF REPUBLICANISM ***

It was announced today that PM Turnbull has abolished the Knights and Dames honorific titles from Order of Australia.

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The Prime Minister, a prominent republican, said cabinet had signed off on the changes and agreed that knights and dames were “not appropriate in our modern honours system”.

“Knights and dames are titles that are really anachronistic … they’re out of date, they’re not appropriate in 2015 in Australia,” Mr Turnbull said in Sydney this afternoon.

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Why is this relevant to Unit 4 AOS 1? Because this reflects Australia's growing value of republicanism! You can easily link this to the gradual disappearance of the Cultivated accent (which also reflects republicanism).

You can read the remainder of the article here: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-11-02/knights-and-dames-to-be-scrapped/6904474

Enjoy!

Dmitri