As the 1999 referendum approached, a well intentioned person suggested ACM supporters should join together under a placard supporting the present constitution in the Anzac march.
This was overwhelmingly rejected, and the proposer accepted that. Anzac Day is a day when we come together, not when we are divided.
But today, The Age, published under a version of the Royal Coat of Arms, has attempted to shatter that unity by using its Anzac Day editorial to argue for the adoption of some unknown politicians’ republic:
“When Australia finally severs its vestigial links with the imperial past, declaring itself to be a republic with its own head of state, we really shall have an independence day, and Anzac Day will not be diminished by it.”
This is a disgraceful attempt to politicise Anzac Day and the service and sacrifice of so many Australians.
The editor should be ashamed. He should apologise.