Queen's Birthday Channel 7 Debate: Flint v. Keating

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A brief debate between ACM and the Australian Republican Movement was televised nationally on the Queen's Birthday on 14 June 2010. This was on the Channel 7 programme "Weekend Sunrise". Major General Mike Keating appeared on behalf of the republican movement and Professor David Flint AM for Australia's constitutional monarchists. Major General Keating has beenclaiming in the media that support for a politicians' republic is at about 60 to 80% of the population. Professor Flint pointed out that polls taken for some considerable time, including Morgan and Newspoll indicate that support for a vague undefined politicians' republic was trending down in the low 40% range. Worse for the republicans, support is even lower among the young. Pointing out that we were already a crowned republic, he said even prominent republicans have admitted the 1999 model would have increased the power of the politicians. The issue is principally constitutional, and the crown is central to that. In addition constitutional monarchists were interviewed on radio and in the press.

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Queen's Birthday, ACM, Professor Flint, Crown, Crowned republic

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