Amanda Vanstone agrees with WfaAR in her analysis of the post Meghan and Harry interview pile-on. “What has come over some republicans?” she writes, “Apparently enthused by the current soap opera clouding the House of Windsor, they are planning to release a suggested model for a republic later this year.” But she reverts to her steady line since 1999: “go the minimalist route” and makes a good case for an Australian Head of State ie what we’ve got now but an Australian in the job with the same powers and role. But WfaAR has news for Amanda.That failed in 1999. We need to come up with something new. Read her article and see if you agree (link below). [“Royal problems won’t help republicans” by Amanda Vanstone, Nine media, 5 April 2021]
Woman for an Australian Republic, Adelaide Ironside, republican poet and artist 1831-1867
Self portrait 1855, Newcastle Art Gallery NSW
