Republicans are used to monarchists manufacturing myths to try to scare people away from supporting an Australian republic. The chair of the ARM, Major General Michael Keating, and I have recently written articles debunking some of these myths, including on the cost argument and the old ‘if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’ furphy.
IN A NEW article, Mike says:
"It is always somewhat shocking when nominal republicans, usually those in public life, come out and suggest we should delay making Australia a truly independent nation. We understand why they do it – most politicians would probably much rather leave the republic issue in the too-hard basket – but we still find it quite perplexing."
Read Mike's story on The Punch website.
Read the just slightly different version in On Line Opinion, which attributes this article to Mike Keating along with IA editor David Donovan.
