Right Pulse

The musing of a Republican journalist at the lack of success in changing the constitution:

So in the minds of many voters we had celebrities urging constitutional change - to some, abrupt change - on an issue they thought had been settled nine years ago. And there will be voters who strongly believe there are other priorities for a better Australia….

Roughly 10 years ago there was another celebrity-driven republic bid with Bryan Brown and Rachel Ward and others involved. It failed.

Liberal Senator George Brandis, a member of the governance group who voted against a new campaign for a republic, sees a danger in this for republicans.

“Nobody likes these people (giving political lectures). They like to watch them at the cinema,” Brandis told me.

“They leave it to politicians who they feel they can despise if they don’t like what they do.”