The Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, has agreed with the Greens to hold referendums during the new Government’s three year term, or at the next election, on Indigenous recognition and recognition of local government in the Constitution. The prospect of referendums also holds promise for non-binding votes on the Republic at the same time. See also News of 21 January 2010 and 2008 and 2009 news items about Senator Bob Brown’s proposal for a republic plebiscite considered by the Senate during the last Parliament.
Woman for an Australian Republic, Adelaide Ironside, republican poet and artist 1831-1867
Self portrait 1855, Newcastle Art Gallery NSW
