Chapter 556 New Administrative Division

While the struggle between Britain and Ireland was raging, the political scene in Australasia was also very lively, and even the people were talking about it.

Of course, the focus of Australasian politics was not on the British Civil War. Compared with the British Civil War, Australasians pay more attention to a new decision of the current government, which is the re-division of the administrative divisions of Australia.

The issue of administrative divisions in Australia is a commonplace. Currently, it is completely divided according to the size of the previous colonial period, which is quite unreasonable.

In terms of land area, Western Australia and South Australia together account for more than half of Australia, but their population is less than one-third of Australia's.

The two smaller states of Victoria and New South Wales have a combined total population of more than half of Australia, and their management is also quite troublesome.

Facts have told the Australasian government that it is no longer reasonable to continue to use colonial-era divisions, and it is necessary to re-explore an administrative division to balance the huge differences in land area and population between states.

Of course, Arthur and the government did not operate blindly when re-districting.

Arthur solicited public opinions on the re-division of administrative divisions many years ago. Among the more than 100,000 Australasian people surveyed at that time, more than 60% of the people were in favor of re-dividing administrative divisions, and 20% thought it did not matter.

According to the latest survey results, 70% of people are in favor of redrawing administrative divisions. This is the real reason why Arthur is determined to promote the reorganization of administrative divisions.

Now that we have public support, it is time to put this issue on the agenda of cabinet meetings and the House of Representatives.

The process of this administrative rezoning is divided into three steps. First, the major media and newspapers, as well as the government, solicit opinions from the public and compile statistics on the design plans for the administrative divisions.

Subsequently, many design plans were voted on in the House of Representatives, and some divisions with relatively high support rates were selected, and then reported to the cabinet government for the final vote.

In the end, the administrative division with the highest support rate was the next administrative division of Australasia.

After such a process was announced, the public's enthusiasm for redesigning the country's administrative divisions was relatively high.

After all, this is an opportunity to actually participate in national affairs, and even with luck, it can determine the country's future administrative divisions.

Of course, designing administrative divisions is not just a matter of words. It must be comprehensively considered based on the distribution of the city, the distribution of mountains and rivers, and the size of the local population.

Therefore, administrative divisions cannot rely too much on the people's designs. All members of the House of Representatives must also come up with their own designs, as well as the designs of relevant experts. This is a nationwide design competition.

All changes in administrative divisions are concentrated in Australia. Other regions, such as New Zealand and New Guinea, do not have major problems and do not need to be changed.

Of course, for the sake of design accuracy, the site selection and specific location of the new capital have been fully announced in the news to ensure that no one will forget the existence of the new capital.

The administrative divisions will be discussed for five months. During these five months, people can submit articles to newspapers or the House of Representatives at any time.

But what is really taken seriously by the government and the House of Representatives are the administrative division conjectures of those officials and corresponding experts.

Most of the people's considerations are unrealistic, or they fail to consider comprehensive factors, and the final division is unreasonable.

Really reasonable political divisions must rely on professionals who have been exposed to the political arena and understand the specific conditions of each state.

Taking this opportunity, Arthur also assigned William an assignment, which was to design an administrative division of his planned Australian region.

William has enjoyed the education of elite nobles for more than ten years. It is time to test what he has gained and what kind of thoughts he has in these more than ten years of study.

What Arthur didn't expect was that within a few days, William would submit his own administrative divisions of Australia.

William's plan was to create a new capital territory near St. Arthur's Castle, just like the previous capital territory, and separate it from the rule of New South Wales.

At the same time, the Capital Territory where Sydney is located was changed to the Sydney Territory, and the Capital Territory formed two special administrative regions, one east and one west.

But regarding the division of New South Wales and Victoria, the little guy has some difficulties.

In the end, he chose to carve off a part of the border between the two states and establish it as a new state to reduce the management pressure faced by the two states.

Generally speaking, this design has certain merits, but it can only be said to be a copycat imitation of the previous capital territory.

This kind of division basically does not change much about the current administrative division of Australian regions and cannot be called a good plan.

However, administrative division is indeed not that easy. Even professional experts must make relevant comprehensive considerations before they can divide administrative regions that seem reasonable.

But whether it is reasonable or not depends on whether the new administrative divisions have an impact on people's lives, that is, whether they can facilitate the new state governments to carry out corresponding political management of their territories.

To put it bluntly, the change of administrative divisions is to facilitate the states to better govern. Therefore, the direction of the revision of administrative divisions should also be biased towards this major theme.

The most critical of these is the division of the capital, where St. Arthur's Castle is located, and the division of New South Wales and Victoria.

The division of other states like Western Australia and South Australia is not difficult. After all, the populations of these two states are not large, and there are not too many factors to consider when dividing.

During this period, the House of Representatives should be the busiest department.

Because they are responsible for reviewing the administrative division designs submitted by newspapers, members of the House of Representatives have become extremely busy, and they dare not make any negligence.

"Mike, come and take a look, this design is interesting." In an office of the House of Representatives, an old man who looked to be over fifty years old greeted another person.

"Brother, you have said this at least three times today, but none of the designs meet the government's requirements. I advise you not to place your hopes on the private sector. Those civilian designs have too many restrictions, and basically they are not It's all my imagination." The man named Mike complained, but his body was honest and he had already walked to the other person.

"This is different, man. Look at this division. It also comes with the corresponding reasons for the division, as well as the data of the states after the division. Judging from his division ideas, this is a very reasonable administrative division map." David Si said nonchalantly.

"Huh?" Mike picked up the administrative division design drawing. Just as he was about to make a few criticisms, he discovered the difference between this design drawing and the others.

"Capital Territory? Northern Australia? God, is this really the design of an ordinary person?" Mike asked incredulously.

"That's definitely true, man. Instead of being surprised about the origin of this design, it's better to study the reasonableness of this design. Mike, maybe we really found a good design." Davis said with a smile.

As a very patriotic Australasian, Davis is very happy to see that the government's administrative divisions have such a reasonable design.

"Submit it to the Senate President and let everyone vote! This may be the first administrative division design submitted to the cabinet. We still have to see what the cabinet's attitude is." Mike also nodded and said very rationally .

The House of Representatives will hold a centralized vote every other week on the seemingly reasonable administrative division designs collected.

So far, there is no administrative division design that has received more than 70% approval, which is what Davis and Mike are looking forward to.

Soon, the meeting of the House of Representatives began again.

There were more than a dozen administrative division designs that participated in the vote, but in the end, only two received more than 70% support and were successfully reported to the cabinet government.

The cabinet government involved in receiving these two administrative divisions also started discussions at this time.

As the final step in determining administrative divisions, the cabinet government attaches great importance to the design of these administrative divisions and must take into account all factors including population, economy, industry, agriculture, etc. to ensure that no problems will arise in the new administrative divisions.

But the good news is that because all of Australasia's population comes from immigrants, and there is a tendency to form a unified Australasian nation, there is not much difference between them.

This also reduces the problem of ethnic division in the division of administrative divisions. After all, everyone is a unified Australasian, and no matter how we divide it, it will not change this fact.

After discussions with the cabinet government, the design discovered by Mike and Davis was finally reported to Arthur, requesting Arthur's final decision.

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Arthur was quite satisfied when he looked at the administrative division design submitted by the cabinet government.

This administrative division design is a relatively large change to Australia’s existing administrative divisions.

With the exception of Tasmania, which has no changes, all other Australian regions have had some changes.

Of course, the changes to the current Capital Territory are minimal, except that it was changed to Sydney Territory.

The division of Western Australia and South Australia is somewhat similar to the Northern Territory of later Australia, except that this newly formed Northern Australia occupied part of Western Australia and became larger.

It's a bit like dividing Western Australia and South Australia into three parts. This makes Western Australia, South Australia and Northern Australia form a triangle, and there is not much difference in area between the three states.

The capital of the newly established state of Northern Australia was Darwin in the north. This is the largest city in northern Australia, and it was later very suitable to be the capital of Northern Australia.

Such a division can reduce the land area of ​​Western Australia and South Australia, divide the huge Western Australia into three pieces, and be more conducive to the rule of the national and state governments.

Next comes the highlight of administrative division, which is the division of Eastern Australia.

Completely different from all previous conjecture designs, this design approved by the House of Representatives and the Cabinet Government generally divides New South Wales into east and west parts.

The eastern state of New South Wales retains its original name and its state capital remains in Newcastle.

The western state of New South Wales merged part of the land in southwestern Queensland, plus the land of Victoria north of the Murray River, to form a very large capital region, with its capital in St. Arthur's Castle.

The advantage of this is that it greatly reduces the area of ​​New South Wales, while reducing the area of ​​Victoria and Queensland, and expanding the administrative divisions of Eastern Australia to six, and the area of ​​each administrative division is not so It is huge and the population is not that large, so the pressure of management is much less.

At the same time, the new Capital District will cover the entire Murray River Basin, which is also the top priority for the future development of the Murray River Basin.

The three cities of Sydney, Melbourne and St. Arthur's Castle form a triangle that will radiate the four administrative divisions of southeastern Australia, creating the most prosperous and developed region in Australia.

Although the area of ​​New South Wales was reduced by almost half, the more prosperous areas in the east were all retained, and the damage was not too great.

According to current estimates, if Australia's regions are divided according to new administrative divisions, the overall situation between states will be much closer, and the huge advantages of Victoria and New South Wales will no longer exist.

As a result, Victoria will become the most economically developed state, followed by New South Wales, Sydney Territory and Western Australia.

The gap between these administrative divisions has been greatly narrowed, and the comprehensive division looks much more reasonable.

Of course, the situation in South Australia and Queensland is not much different from the previous states. Although they are lagging behind, they are not without hope of catching up.

Although the current economy and industry of the two newly established administrative divisions, the Capital Territory and Northern Australia, are not as good as those of the other administrative regions established earlier, the northern part of Northern Australia is the most developed region on the northern coast of Australia, and the Capital Territory is the most developed region in Australia. The next key areas to be developed in Greater Las Asia all have considerable potential and development prospects.

With the exception of Tasmania, this administrative division is relatively reasonable. Each state has good development prospects, and the gap between states is not too big. It can basically satisfy Arthur and the government. Various requirements for new administrative divisions.

In particular, dividing the southeastern corner of Australia, the most developed country in Australasia, into four administrative regions can effectively reduce the administrative burden on the original states of New South Wales and Victoria.

Moreover, the relatively special Sydney was also reserved and renamed Sydney Territory. It is still a special administrative region independent of the states.

After all, Sydney's population has exceeded 3 million, which is larger than the population of quite a few states.

Moreover, Sydney's current status is still very special. Until the construction of St. Arthur's Castle and the Royal Palace is completely completed, Sydney will still be the capital of Australasia. Keeping its administrative divisions is the most correct choice and the most appropriate at present. choose.

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