Funny that
“A total of 52 per cent think the nation should remain a monarchy”, reported The Age today, but added in the bad old republican fashion: “Australia's fondness for the monarchy is on a knife-edge”.

Excuse me, did the republican mates not claim 80 per cent would back “a” republic? Or at least The Age used to say so.

The poll is published in Australian Women's Weekly, on sale 22nd December.