The Australian Republic Movement has revealed co-chair Craig Foster will follow Nova Peris out the door. The pair have different views on Israel.
The Australian Republic Movement is seeking new leadership after Craig Foster confirmed he will follow co-chair Nova Peris out the door.
Foster replaced journalist and author Peter FitzSimons as the public face of the republic movement in November 2022. One of his first reforms was to change the ARM constitution to createFoster’s decision to not seek re-election, which he flagged with ARM colleagues before Peris tendered her resignation on Tuesday, means he will vacate the role in July, about three months before his two-year term was due to expire.
Peris, the first Aboriginal woman to win an Olympic gold medal, was a delegate to the constitutional convention that preceded the 1999 referendum. This week, she declared her position with the ARM untenable following “Given our different styles of leadership and our different visions on how to promote dialogue, reconciliation and social cohesion, it is untenable for me to continue alongside Craig as co-chair of the ARM and I’ll be stepping down.”
“For reasons that are her own, she has decided that Australians should not be talking about the devastating human rights impacts of the conflict in Gaza. We will all have to bear witness for what we did, or didn’t do, during this important period and I support Nova as a person. Please be kind to her,” Foster said.
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