Barely had the last flutes of champagne been emptied, the last fireworks burst over the Sydney Harbour Bridge, but a republic was back on the agenda.
After reading the New Year papers in his Point Piper bunker, the Dear Respected Leader, fresh from his victories in New England and Bennelong, took on Paul Keating on, yes, the republic.
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