It continues to astonish me that there are still people pushing for a republic. A couple of weeks ago I went to the Sustainable Living Festival in Birrarung Mar in Melbourne and spoke to one lady promoting something worthwhile, who incidentally mentioned she thought we had too many tiers of government and wanted to abolish state governments all together - a centerist obviously, not a centrist, btw. I told her that the cause would never be achieved and was like the Republic, a divisive issue that just split people and made people dissatisfied when they had no reason to be, and she should rethink it and get with the actual reality of what exists and won't change, and make it better not try to eradicate it.
Here is an amusing article quoting former PM Bob Hawke with a witty and erudite rebuttal from Professor Flint:
No Republic! Australians for Constitutional Monarchy - Intelligence from the republican camp, via the Sun-Herald
The Republican movement is led by the Canberra Bureaucracy. I would like to see Canberra become a Royal city. Perhaps HRH the Duke of Cambridge could also be Duke of Canberra, to perhaps be known as the Duke of C & C. The top of Red Hill is the perfect place for a Royal Castle, currently just a military parade ground and golf course. It would add so much to the prestige and value of the city. As a major tourist attraction it itself it would add incentive for tourists to the nation's capital.
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