Senator Amanda Vanstone from South Australia criticises the “bullying and belittling” now evident in the republican debate. She said that the country needs discussion “that persuades and inspires rather than people who are adept and experienced at head-kicking using those skills destructively”. She also challenged the NO case to produce an inspirational argument for retaining the monarchy. From The Sydney Morning Herald.
Woman for an Australian Republic, Adelaide Ironside, republican poet and artist 1831-1867
Self portrait 1855, Newcastle Art Gallery NSW
