Republican referendum


Costello and the 1999 Republic Referendum

Mr Costello’s conduct in the 1999 Referendum campaign was ambiguous, driven, as it was by a loathing of Australian Republican Movement Chairman Malcolm Turnbull, writes Greg Barns.

Flint: Republican cause no closer to fruition

Those who think another republican referendum is now on the cards, much less that a republic will actually be achieved, need to be realistic, writes David Flint.