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Breaking Republicans hearts

Fifteen years ago ordinary Australians gave a two-fingered salute to the nation’s inner-city elites

15 November 2014

9:00 AM

15 November 2014

9:00 AM

Fifteen years ago, Australians rejected a proposal by the ruling class to ditch the Queen. This ignored all the great constitutional issues facing the nation, such as making the politicians truly accountable and restoring the federation. Instead, this involved grafting a politicians’ republic onto our carefully designed federal commonwealth under the Crown, that is, our crowned republic.

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