In the ACT, which voted heavily for the republic, Chief Minister, Kate Carnell, said the defeat at the ballot box had not diminished her hopes that a republic would be achieved within 10 years. She now feels that only direct election for the President would be supported by the majority of Australians. Her opinion is that the defeat of the republic was due to opposition to the proposed model and deep divisions among republic supporters about the method of selecting the President.
Woman for an Australian Republic, Adelaide Ironside, republican poet and artist 1831-1867
Self portrait 1855, Newcastle Art Gallery NSW
