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Australian letters

18 June 2016

8:00 AM

18 June 2016

8:00 AM

The Peta principle

Sir: A besotted Richard Ferguson didn’t hold back on the superlatives in his pean to Peta Credlin (‘Peta, TV star’, 11 June), with ‘Amazonian warrior queen’ being the standout. Given that he also never misses an opportunity to dish out half-baked and insecure cheapshots against republicanism in this publication, I’d like to remind him that Peta Credin is also – reportedly – a republican, and that she might also have designs on becoming the first president/emperor/chair-thing/whatever of an Australian roopublic.

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