Preparations for a plebiscite
Written by Professor David Flint AM
Friday, 16 October 2009
Preparations are being made in Canberra for a plebiscite. It is unlikely this will coincide with the next elections, but the scene is being set to remove or neutralise a significant way of informing the Australian people of the arguments mounted in the Yes/no booklet used in referendums.
This is the subject of a formal inquiry by the Legislative Constitutional Affairs Committee of the Federal House of Representatives which was reported here on 18 September.
I suspect that it is intended that plebiscites be subject to the same legislation, and that there be a substantial amount of “neutral” information made available instead of or in addition to the Yes/No booklet…
via No Republic! Australians for Constitutional Monarchy – Preparations for a plebiscite.
I made a submission (submission number 12) to this Inquiry and voiced similar concerns. I suspect the “vanilla” republicans want to have another shot at the republic and want to do so without an honest debate on the merits of their model. And that smell just might be close to the smell of vanilla…
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