Commentary
The responses of the Australian government to the COVID-19 pandemic had an overwhelming impact on the enjoyment of fundamental legal rights in this country. However, such disdain for fundamental rights does not come as a surprise to those who know how our Westminster System is presently applied in Australia.
Since there is no proper legal-institutional mechanism for holding our governments to account, the result is that Australian governments are objectively accountable to no one, except once in a few years at parliamentary elections.
The Westminster System is a parliamentary system of government originally developed in the United Kingdom. The term comes from the Palace of Westminster, the seat of the British Parliament. This system continues to be adopted in the United Kingdom and former British colonies such as Australia….