To the Honourable the Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives:

This petition of the undersigned draws to the attention of the House that to be Queen, and Queen of Australia, and part of our Parliament, (Constitution Part 1), it was essential for Princess Elizabeth to take the Coronation Oath wherein she swore to uphold the doctrine, worship and discipline of the Church of England.

This oath was a required test and qualification of the Monarch, contrary to section 116 branch four of our Constitution.

" and no religious test shall be required as a qualification for any office or public trust under the Commonwealth " .

This petitioner contends the Commonwealth itself need not apply the test, but clearly stipulates no religious test shall be required. Therefore the Commonwealth is complicit in, and party to the test. It condones the test, accepts the results, and knows our Queen must be a member of a religious group contrary to our Constitution.

The High Court is the only arbiter on this matter. No other opinions count.

If this contention is taken to the High Court and it rules in the affirmative, this ruling would be catastrophic to the Commonwealth.

This petitioner therefore asks the House to take urgent steps to avoid a possible constitutional crisis by either calling a referendum to change the Constitution, or to proceed towards a Republic before any High Court action can be taken requesting an official adjudication.

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