Phil Cleary
Phil Cleary is an Australian commentator on politics and sport, particularly
Australian Rules Football. While advocating a
republic, he broke with the
Australian Republican Movement (ARM) over disagreement about how the
President should be chosen, forming a group called 'Real Republic'. This advocated direct election of the President, as opposed to the model advocated by
Malcolm Turnbull of the ARM, under which the President would be chosen by a joint sitting of the
Parliament. This was the model that was proposed in the
1999 referendum.
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