Ian Smithson
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851 appearances
2 recordings
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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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Yeah.
And no, even Labor prime ministers after that, who were mostly Republicans, didn't want to challenge that again.
They didn't want to waste the money and the reputation, I think, of losing that vote again.
I think now there will be a fairly big push by the Republican movement in Australia, whatever that means, to have a referendum in the near future, near future being within the next three or four years.
Do you think it's just a matter of time?
I think it is a matter of time.
I don't think there is a... At the time, it appeared, in the 1990s, it appeared that about between 60% and 70% of Australians thought that we no longer needed the Queen as our head of state.
What that meant...
Was variable.
And that was the thing that Howard exploited.
And I think that would probably still be the same.
And there was a, I think, a fair degree of affection for the queen as a person rather than the queen as the monarch.
Yeah.
And so that probably bumped up, boosted the monarchy somewhat.
vote as well.
So, it's an opportunity now to look at that and go, I don't think there's anything wrong with Charles.
Really?
Yeah.
Well, I mean, in terms of, you know, as a king, I don't know that... Let's face it, he is the most highly trained king in the history of the world.
Yeah, exactly.
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