The incident, though, raised questions about the value of maintaining a supposedly "symbolic" office that still possessed many key political powers and what an Australian president with the same reserve powers would do in a similar situation.
但是，这一事件仍然引起了对于持有许多政治权力的“象征性”职位予以保留的利弊、以及一个澳洲人担任的总统在类似情况下会如何行使类似的保留权力的辩论。