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RULES can determine politics. But how can their impact be determined? There are two means by which such propositions can be tested. One is to undertake a longitudinal study of [...]

Australia threw off the colonial rule without any need for a war of independence or even a campaign and inherited democratic government in the 1850s. Politics is essentially pragmatic, even mundane while voting is compulsory with the Australians are wedded to their parliamentary democracy.

The article offers information on the susceptibility of prime ministers. It forwards that prime ministers hold their position by virtue of their party leadership, and it is argued that they have become so mighty that they have developed a capacity to act almost independently of their parties. Relative to this, the issue of the vulnerability of prime ministers has been emphasized by the political changes which occurred in the last forty years. The roles which prime ministers play in the governments of Great Britain, Canada, and Australia have been considered in this undertaking.