A year ago, it looked in reach. Now, the dream of an Australia republic has quietly died and not even the Prime Minister’s antimonarchist sentiments can save it.
The man Anthony Albanese –with some hubris –appointed as his Assistant Minister for a Republic barely 19 months ago admitted as much earlier this month.
“It’s not a priority at the moment,” Matt ThistlethwaiteThat’s code for dead in the water. There will be no referendum for Australians to accept or reject a republic should Albanese win a second term –the timetable he heroically offered soon after his Labor government came to power in May 2022.
