So says Sophie Morris, Chief Political Correspondent for The Saturday Paper, noting that “monarchists and republicans are gearing up for the eventual showdown” – WfaAR doesn’t see it quite like that. The small number of monarchists aren’t “the enemy” given the number one problem is the apathy and ignorance of the electorate. She also tells us that Abbott Government Minister, Senator Eric Abetz from Tasmania, has emailed all federal MPs inviting them to join Parliamentary Supporters of Constitutional Monarchy. Read her article by clicking on the link [‘Abbott’s Regal Honours Plan sparks new republican debate’ by Sophie Morris, The Saturday Paper, 29 March 2014]
Woman for an Australian Republic, Adelaide Ironside, republican poet and artist 1831-1867
Self portrait 1855, Newcastle Art Gallery NSW
