Ian Smithson
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851 appearances
2 recordings
1 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 10 May
Ian Smithson’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And when she first came, it was, you know, you'd come out here by ship, the Royal Yacht.
Britannia would bring the royal family out or whoever was coming to Australia.
It wasn't just jump on a plane and you arrive here 28 hours later.
I know.
Didn't even have a private jet.
Didn't even have a private jet, no.
Still don't.
Plebs.
The Royal Air Force would fly them.
Yeah, that's it.
The Wright brothers.
So, that was always a big thing.
And- But other than that, no direct effect.
And look, the Republican movement in Australia has gone through its ups and downs.
It got completely white-anted by John Howard.
White-anted means you break it down from the inside.
Like termites.
Yeah, like termites.
Because there was a big push about 20 years ago to have a vote, a referendum, which is a vote to change the Constitution.
Was this around the millennia?
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