Kerry Jones does not think the lack of star power is a problem. Don't mention the Queen R emarkable for her absence throughout the monarchist launch is the one figure at the centre of the whole debate. I m not going to run an ad with the Queen in it. They know that the Crown, the British Crown , while viewed with great affection by many if not most Australians is no longer relevant to Australians. According to Lloyd Waddy, she s irrelevant to the debate.
Queens come and go.
What they re trying to do is gut our Constitution. They re trying to take our Governor General out and make it a President. T he enemy is the Australian Republican Movement whose headquarters in Sydney is provided rent-free by Malcolm Turnbull and Partners. The ARM has 7,000 members and is the major republican force in Australia. The ARM s campaign director is David Britton who, after 10 years working for NSW Labor, has learnt not to telegraph his punches.