Absolutely, and those checks and balances are currently doing exactly what they were intended to. The government is currently shut down due to the need to negotiate the budget with his political opponents, he is being blocked through the courts from doing other things that he is trying to achieve. This is the very definition of what those checks and balances were implemented to do.
It's not an emotional issue for me, why would it be? You have made it clear you couldn't give less of a fuck about Australian politics and why would you? If you don't get emotional about the politics of other countries, why would you think that people in other countries, would get emotional about the politics in yours?
I just look at what is going on, read the analysis/historical context and come to my own conclusion. Why would I get upset about something that is beyond my control to change, in any case? That would be a massive waste of time and emotional energy... like today's protests.