The third and final independence refendum in New Caledonia will be held on 12 December 2021, much sooner than expected. See an analysis below of the range of considerations being weighed up in this vote – and they are significant for both the people of New Caledonia as well as for France – and what the implications might be for our region if it gets up. The YES vote increased in the second referendum held in October last year (see News Item of 4 October 2020) – click on the link. [“New Calendonia’s third independence referendum, and the day after” by Alexandre Dayant, The Interpreter online published by The Lowy Institute, 18 June 2021]
Woman for an Australian Republic, Adelaide Ironside, republican poet and artist 1831-1867
Self portrait 1855, Newcastle Art Gallery NSW
