Talk:Parliament of New South Wales

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[edit] Reorganising Australian parliaments category

I propose to tidy up Category:Australian Parliaments a little by creating a new sub category within it called - Category:Parliaments of the Australian States and Territories . This category would contain articles on the Parliaments but not lists of previous parliaments. The category would then be listed at Category:Legislatures of subnational entities in place of Category:Australian Parliaments. This would mean that this article will be listed under the new Category:Parliaments of the Australian States and Territories instead of the current Category:Australian Parliaments. If you would like to comment please go to Category talk:Australian parliaments Adz 07:52, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Separation of Powers

I would question the need to compare the NSW system to the American System. Indeed, as America consists of a Federal System, 50 States and thousands of counties each with their own forms of government, can an archetypal American system exist?

To me to suggest that the separation of powers in the NSW system is not as great as in the American system is a judgement call. I could just as easily claim that the System of Checks and Balances is greater in the NSW Westminster System because individual Ministers (or Secretaries in American parlance) are directly responsible and accountable to the legislative and the electorate regardless of any protection the head of government may provide. Indeed, in the case of ministers, you could easily claim that NSW is far more democratic because ministers are elected, not appointed.

Perhaps it makes more sense to inform the reader of what the NSW parliamentary system is, rather than what it is not.Mdgr 02:32, 8 November 2006 (UTC)