Sue Lappeman writes in the Gold Coast Bulletin and gets straight to the point. She says, “We long to be part of the modern world but then show ourselves up as unsophisticated hicks when confronted with anything more complex than a football game or singing competition.There are two topical issues guaranteed to bring on unimaginative and childish debates in this country: the republic and same-sex marriage. I’m sorry but I just do not understand why both have not been embraced by a country that professes to be classless — in a good way — and tolerant. But it is 2015 and we are still tied to a monarchy that is nothing more than a tourist attraction in its own country.” Read Sue’s full article below [“It’s time Australia embraced the republic and same-sex marriage” by Sue Lappeman, Gold Coast Bulletin online, 26 May 2015]
Woman for an Australian Republic, Adelaide Ironside, republican poet and artist 1831-1867
Self portrait 1855, Newcastle Art Gallery NSW
