FED: The republic why not all those in favour say "Yes"

AAP General News (Australia)
01-18-1999
FED: The republic why not all those in favour say "Yes"

By Doug Conway, Senior Correspondent

SYDNEY, Jan 18 AAP - If most Australians want a republic, why do attempts to give them one
seem doomed to become an expensive, time-consuming failure?

Even republican sympathisers question whether November's referendum can get up.

History is against it, and so is the prime minister.

The core issue has become lost, and so has the public.

The government is divided, and so are the republicans.

Many remain miffed that they can't have the "full Monty" republic, with a directly …