Moves are afoot in Western Australia for State MPs and local government councillors to swear allegiance to the State and to the country. The State Attorney-General has foreshadowed legislation next year to remove outdated references to the Queen. Local government in WA voted in 2000 to make allegiance to the Queen optional at swearing-in ceremonies.
Woman for an Australian Republic, Adelaide Ironside, republican poet and artist 1831-1867
Self portrait 1855, Newcastle Art Gallery NSW
