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France’s problem could have been ours

Constitutional design is too important to leave to ‘republicans’

19 July 2024

11:00 PM

19 July 2024

11:00 PM

If Australia’s republican establishment had had its way, we could have found ourselves in a predicament similar to France’s today.

The news from France, as well as Rupert Murdoch’s surprise answer when asked whether we would be a republic within 10 years, reminded me of this. He replied, ‘Without a doubt.

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