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| Peter FitzSimons appointed head of Australian Republican Movement | Peter FitzSimons appointed head of Australian Republican Movement |
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| Author Peter FitzSimons is the new head of the organisation leading the campaign for an Australian republic. | Author Peter FitzSimons is the new head of the organisation leading the campaign for an Australian republic. |
| FitzSimons replaces the former Western Australian premier Geoff Gallop as chairman of the Australian Republican Movement. | FitzSimons replaces the former Western Australian premier Geoff Gallop as chairman of the Australian Republican Movement. |
| Related: Under Turnbull, a republic could be back on the table. First step, change the flag | Paul Daley | |
| “I think most Australians agree that there is a fundamental injustice at the heart of our system when a young boy or girl growing up in this great country can aspire to just about any job except the one that should be the most representative of all – head of state,” FitzSimons said. | “I think most Australians agree that there is a fundamental injustice at the heart of our system when a young boy or girl growing up in this great country can aspire to just about any job except the one that should be the most representative of all – head of state,” FitzSimons said. |
| FitzSimons told the Australian Financial Review [paywall] he believed Tony Abbott would be Australia’s last monarchist prime minister. | FitzSimons told the Australian Financial Review [paywall] he believed Tony Abbott would be Australia’s last monarchist prime minister. |
| “Whatever happens from this point, should it be Labor or should it be another Liberal [government], in all likelihood there will soon be bipartisan support [for a republic] in the federal leadership. I don’t know if Tony Abbott is going to be there for 10 days, 10 months or 10 years but there will come a time in the next political cycle will there be bipartisan support for a republic,” he said. | “Whatever happens from this point, should it be Labor or should it be another Liberal [government], in all likelihood there will soon be bipartisan support [for a republic] in the federal leadership. I don’t know if Tony Abbott is going to be there for 10 days, 10 months or 10 years but there will come a time in the next political cycle will there be bipartisan support for a republic,” he said. |
| “Who knows who will succeed Tony Abbott but one possibility would be Julie Bishop, who I believe is a republican. Joe Hockey is certainly a republican and I know Malcolm Turnbull is as devoted to the republican movement as he was in 1999, so there is support for a republic in the high echelons of the leadership of the Liberal party,” he said. | “Who knows who will succeed Tony Abbott but one possibility would be Julie Bishop, who I believe is a republican. Joe Hockey is certainly a republican and I know Malcolm Turnbull is as devoted to the republican movement as he was in 1999, so there is support for a republic in the high echelons of the leadership of the Liberal party,” he said. |
| Related: When it comes to smearing the Irish, Australia is the world's serial offender | Pádraig Collins | |
| Australians needed to move past the “cult of celebrity” that surrounded the royal family and “stop believing everything about England is better than us”, he said. | Australians needed to move past the “cult of celebrity” that surrounded the royal family and “stop believing everything about England is better than us”, he said. |
| FitzSimons said he favoured keeping the current system where the prime minister chose the governor general, but that the choice should not require the assent of Buckingham Palace. | FitzSimons said he favoured keeping the current system where the prime minister chose the governor general, but that the choice should not require the assent of Buckingham Palace. |
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