QB\u00a0long weekend\u00a0found WfaAR working at its usual routine while most people were taking a holiday. This led to musings about the small number of (very small) businesses – mostly – that don’t observe\u00a0our Head of State’s birthday with a day off work. This would be useful to campaign on and see if from small beginnings, a momentum can be created. When the Republic\u00a0is a reality,\u00a0bringing everyone in the country together for a new start united and involving all, there will be a holiday to commemorate as there is now for Federation and Australia Day. We tried some kitchen-based tweeting including in ARM’s direction but there was next to no interest in the proposal. But it’s worth contemplating and also testing how much\u00a0‘grief’ people are prepared to endure to reach the objective. It would also be useful to know how many people knocked back Queen’s Birthday honours – it should be a lot?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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