Senator Bob Brown’s Republic Plebiscite Bill (see News item of 29 April 2009) for a referendum at the time of the next federal electon due by April 2011 has not been listed on the Senate business list and is highly unlikely to appear this year. Listing depends on the Government agreeing to further debate on the Bill following the 2009 Senate Inquiry.
Woman for an Australian Republic, Adelaide Ironside, republican poet and artist 1831-1867
Self portrait 1855, Newcastle Art Gallery NSW
