The Rise Of Australasia

Chapter 280: Chapter 251: Goodbye Grant Wilson_2

However, the two m belonged to countries with very strong power, which made Edward's title as Emperor of India and William II's title as Emperor of Germania widely recognized.

If one day Australasia could develop to the strgth of the British Empire now, Arthur having an imperial title would not be too opposed.

After all, in the currt international status, fists are much more significant than the law itself; having one's own strgth and the strgths of the countries they belong to are the key principles.

"It's be a long time, Councilor Grant." Arthur nodded, returning a slight smile.

Grant Wilson quickly bowed slightly, saying sincerely, "Thank you for your Majesty's reception, as the leader of the Unity Party, we are extremely honored."

"How is the developmt of the Unity Party now? I remember back in New Zealand, your Alliance Party did an excellt job." Arthur asked with interest.

The smooth integration of New Zealand into Australasia at that time was largely due to the publicity efforts of the Alliance Party in New Zealand.

That made Grant Wilson somewhat impressed in Arthur's heart; Arthur still had some good feelings for Grant Wilson.

Upon hearing Arthur's inquiry, Grant Wilson hurriedly replied, "Your Majesty, ever since the Federation's establishmt, the Alliance Party has set our sights on the tire country. We have merged and integrated with the Indepdt Party and the Progressive Party to form the currt Unity Party."

"I know that the tight union betwe Australia and New Zealand cannot have any accidts for our nation to develop further. Therefore, I boldly decided to set the new Unity Party's mission to be upholding Australasia's unity and the Kingdom, as well as maintaining the position of the royal family.

The developmt of Australasia to its currt position and seeking greater status, larger scope of influce, and more power are inevitably linked to your leadership, Your Majesty. The Kingdom is determined to continue developing, and achieving ev greater dreams of rise also absolutely requires your command and leadership."

As early as during his time in New Zealand, Grant Wilson was clearly aware of the political landscape after the merger of Australia and New Zealand.

No matter if it was in Australia or New Zealand, Arthur held an absolute position and had sufficit public support and popularity.

Seeing the developmt rate of Australia back th, Arthur is also undiably a capable monarch.

A skilled, popular, and well-supported monarch would only rise higher in status and become more stable. Therefore, Grant Wilson was determined early on to choose his side, to try to ter the upper echelons through another way.

Although Grant Wilson's words had some sycophancy, Arthur did not get angry but continued to ask, "Councillor Grant, what is your view on the currt laws regarding political parties and elections?"

The Party Law and Electoral Law are regulations on political parties and elections that were established during the time of Australia and are now the fundamtal laws followed in Australasia's political party system and election periods.

The reason these two laws emerged was that they greatly hanced Arthur's royal power while also weaking the powers of political parties, putting them under the control of the Royal Parliamt. Ev during the election period, there is monitoring from the royal family and the governmt.

While these laws allowed political parties in Australasia legal status, they also deprived them of the opportunity to gain greater power.

Despite the smooth developmt of Australasia to the prest, Arthur still decides to list to other opinions to see the other parties' reaction to the Party Law and Electoral Law.

"Your Majesty, the Party Law and Electoral Law standardize Australasia's political parties and the electoral system, and also weak the influce of the major political parties as much as possible. Although this system is differt from Europe, it is very suitable for Australasia at prest.

What Australasia needs now is to unite and develop the country instead of having new voices," said Grant Wilson after careful consideration.

"As for the reaction of other political parties, it's not very important, Your Majesty. As long as the people support it and the governmt supports it, the party's response doesn't matter.

Besides, to my knowledge, of the five major political parties in the country have explicitly opposed the Party Law and Electoral Law, and ev the Rural Party and the New Laboour Party are very supportive of the Electoral Law."

The most significant feature of the Party Law and Electoral Law was that they eliminated any political donations, and placed the party's income on an almost equal level.

For political parties to gain higher revues, they had to rely on public support to obtain seats in the House of Represtatives and distribute more funds according to the ratio of seats in the House of Represtatives.

In 907, a total of more than . million Australian dollars were received from various donations from the public. According to the provisions of the Party Law, 30% of it was evly distributed among the five major political parties, and each party could receive 7,000 Australian dollars on average.

Grant Wilson's Unity Party gained a 30% share of the remaining 70%, amounting to 360,000 Australian dollars.

The two incomes together allowed the Unity Party to obtain a total of 43,000 Australian dollars in activity funds. Ev for the smallest liberal party at prest, the scale of funds received exceeded ,000 Australian dollars.