I have received the following:
Criticism by republicans of the latest Morgan Poll (Finding No. 4290 - May 07, 2008), showing only a 45% support for an elected President, clearly indicates that they will not accept the fact, and the fact is that there is no real support, and has never been any real support, for constitutional change amongst the general public and particularly amongst younger Australians, which showed only a 23% support for a republic.
When the Australian people overwhelmingly defeated the 1999 referendum on a republic, republicans inferred that 'the people didn't know what they were doing' and that the 'wrong model had been put forward', conveniently forgetting that it was THEIR OWN MODEL. In this instance they now say the poll was 'highly skewed' and that the 2020 Summit showed that there is a 'groundswell of support'.
Actually, there was overwhelming support in the 2020 Summit. But that was to be expected. It was a meeting of republicans. No Monarchists were invited!
The debate on a republic is a phoney debate motivated by individuals and not by the mood of the people. It is time that the Prime Minister and republicans in general realised this. Surely the, now wasted, energies of delegates to the 2020 Summit on Governance should have been concentrated on how to better our constitutional arrangements, rather than gerrymandering a meaningless whimper to destroy it.
Philip Benwell
National Chairman
Australian Monarchist League
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