7 December

Another update on the Government’s response to “The road to a republic” is tabled in the Senate. This time the annotation is: “the Government’s response is being considered and will be tabled in due course” following the 22 June notice: “The response will be tabled in due course”. Six monthly updates on outstanding reports are tabled in the Senate at the end of sessions. WfaAR notes that the the three month target for the Government’s response (February 2005) has now been well exceeded.