The Murdoch Matter
The Murdoch Matter
Ever since 1958, the then 27-year-old Rupert Murdoch has been openly agitating for the removal of the Queen, whose grandfather, King George V, had knighted Murdoch’s father, the late Sir Keith Murdoch in 1933.
In the republic debate of the 1990s Murdoch ensured that his newspaper, The Australian, would become the masthead for a republic, himself writing leading attacks on our current system of governance.
Since the resounding defeat of the republic referendum in 1999, the trounced The Australian newspaper moved to middle ground embracing a pathway to become Australia’s conservative newspaper. However, it is obvious that Murdoch has always hankered after an Australian republic and this became evident in a recent interview when, to quote from Sky News: “Rupert Murdoch has predicted Australia will become a republic within the next ten years... As part of an exclusive interview ahead of The Australian’s 60th birthday, the Chairman Emeritus of News Corp and Fox Corporation said “I think without a doubt, it's going to evolve. John Howard, who was old fashioned, and therefore a monarchist, I guess, was very clever the way he designed the question that was put to people, which is really what do you put in its place." "It's going to happen."
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