tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22518525.post1651394548414604350..comments2023-10-27T11:18:27.852+11:00Comments on From the notebook of.: Australia’s great leap forward:Julia GillardS Simmondshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13082268725118026028noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22518525.post-36798040948240045392010-06-26T22:17:01.070+10:002010-06-26T22:17:01.070+10:00I'd note that Australia's previous referen...I'd note that Australia's previous referendum on becoming a republic was deliberately hamstrung.<br /><br />A majority of Australians has favoured a republic for some years now. However, the government of the day, by putting up a specific republican model as a "take it or leave it option", effectively split pro-republican sentiment.<br /><br />That particular model was the S Simmondshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13082268725118026028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22518525.post-57922773815125450142010-06-26T03:43:58.390+10:002010-06-26T03:43:58.390+10:00You read it here first folks!
I dropped in on your...You read it here first folks!<br />I dropped in on your site yesterday but didn't have time to comment and today it's all over the BBC - just <i>after</i> the football headlines.<br />I had not heard of Julia Gillard before then. Interesting times ahead; maybe they'll bring in another 'end the monarchy' referendum! You're lucky Stephen we don't get the chance to vote bazzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794010156639774028noreply@blogger.com