FED: Howard offers full support for new preamble

AAP General News (Australia)
02-08-1999
FED: Howard offers full support for new preamble

By James Grubel, Chief Political Correspondent

CANBERRA, Feb 8 AAP - Prime Minister John Howard offered full support for a new preamble to
the constitution to acknowledge indigenous occupation of Australia today in a move which
almost guarantees a second question at the referendum on the republic.

Mr Howard said support for the new preamble to be in place by the centenary of federation
in 2001 crossed political lines, with many Labor and Liberal party members in favour as well
as republicans and monarchists.

But the Prime Minister …