Jeffery has encountered no desire for a republic

Governor General has not encountered any desire for republic March 9, 2008

Monica Attard: Your Excellency can I ask you, do you think the time will ever come when Australia will be ready to become a Republic.

Major General Michael Jeffery: There's nothing wrong with a country looking at better ways to govern itself. But when it comes to an issue of such importance one of the fundamental things is that people should understand how the current system works before where they make an informed decision about where they want to go to and that I regret to say is not well done. I think it's about to be picked up in the national core curriculum but very few people have an understanding of the role and function of governance. The constitutional role of the Major General Michael Jeffery and that's one of the reasons why we've had political stability for a hundred years.

Monica Attard: But as you travel the country have you sensed any appetite for a Republic at all?

Major General Michael Jeffery: Not much at all. It's never been raised by me as a group of being of burning, passionate desire but people might change their attitudes. There might be a catalyst for causes I don't know.

Full interview can be found at: http://www.abc.net.au/sundayprofile/stories/s2183496.htm?backyard (ABC)

[Ed: This comes as a surprise to us: those many thousands of cold and dispassionate people who spend countless hours campaigning for a republic year in year out. It should be carefully noted that while Major General Jeffrey is patron of the ACM's front organization - that dubious charity: CEFA - he has refused countless requests to ever meet with any member of the ARM.]