People’s Republic of Western Australia

So said former Liberal Minister for Foreign Affairs and one-time PM aspirant, Julie Bishop – a strong republican – describing her escape when she launched the campaign for the Liberal member for Wentworth in Sydney ahead of the 2022 federal election. WfaAR assumes that she was referring to WA’s closed borders due the pandemic, still wisely closed long after all the others had opened. See also News for 5 April 2022. Reported in the Sydney Morning Herald online, 27 March 2022.