Dames & knights - a thowback to a bygone era

What was Tony Abbott thinking? Abbott never consulted cabinet, yet he reintroduced monarchical titles that had been retracted since the Whitlam era. Had Abbott consulted cabinet, the answer would have been a resounding - NO.

Yet Abbott decided to push forward with knights and dames anyway. Now that Tony Abbott has been deposed as the third Prime Minister in five years through an internal vote. Will republican Malcolm Turnbull immediately repeal knighthoods? I can't see such a title remaining long in Turnbull's Prime Ministership. There is no need for such titles in the modern Australian society - what Gough Whitlam did was brush aside outdated ideals. Liberal Prime Ministers Malcolm Fraser and John Howard refused to reintroduce knighthoods; not only that, Tony Abbott not only reintroduces such an award, he then goes and knights Price Phillip for services to Australia - you have to be joking. When Joe Hockey informed us the age of entitlement was over, who would have guessed it would be replaced by the age of titlement.