The Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs sets up an Inquiry into Nationhood, National Identity and Democracy. It was proposed by the unlikely pairing of Senator Kim Carr (Labor Vic) and Senator Amanda Stoker (Liberal Qld). The deadline for submissions to the extremely wide-ranging inquiry is 30 September. Click on the link below for the terms of reference and discussion paper issued by the Committee to guide submissions. This should be a pretty interesting exercise alround given its potential for the venting of extreme and/or uncomfortable opinions. The Committee’s report to the Senate is due by the last sitting day of May 2020.
Woman for an Australian Republic, Adelaide Ironside, republican poet and artist 1831-1867
Self portrait 1855, Newcastle Art Gallery NSW
