Buried in the announcement of the 2013 federal election date, came the news that the Local Government recognition referendum was to be deferred. So that was the end of that. Good news for the Republic. That means there is a triple bill of important issues to be put to the vote during the next term: recognition of Indigenous peoples (this is one legislated) and local government in the Constitution plus one or two plebiscites on the Republic. We’re ready!!
Woman for an Australian Republic, Adelaide Ironside, republican poet and artist 1831-1867
Self portrait 1855, Newcastle Art Gallery NSW
