Sarah Brasch, National Convenor, writes to The Canberra Times following reports of the Foreign Minister deferring to the Queen as the reason not to do anything about the Republic during an interview with the BBC in London (Rudd puts republic goal low on list, CTimes 13 June). She says it’s essential to include the Queen in the process and carry it out in her lifetime as she deserves, not hide behind false reverence until she dies. WfaAR strongly supports Amanda Vanstone’s imaginative approach to include the Queen in the making of the Republic as a way out of the current inactivity as well as her conclusion that people advocating to wait until the Queen’s passing are the new NO Republicans (see News Item of 28 March 2011).
Woman for an Australian Republic, Adelaide Ironside, republican poet and artist 1831-1867
Self portrait 1855, Newcastle Art Gallery NSW
