Kerry Jones

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Kerry Jones was the National Executive-Director for Australians for Constitutional Monarchy (ACM) between 1994 and 2005. She first came to the role after The Hon. Tony Abbott stepped down from the post.

She was the most public face of opposition to an Australian republic in the 1990s. She was elected as a No Republic - ACM representative to the 1998 Australian Constitutional Convention. She then led the successful "No" campaign at the 1999 Australian republic referendum.

In October 2000 she failed to gain preselection as a Liberal party candidate for the Legislative Council of New South Wales.

Her critics claim that she is more interested in Britain's traditions than those of Australia. To support this claim they point to the fact that she is aware of the significance of the Union Flag on the Australian Flag, but in a radio interview in 2000, when asked how many stars were in the Southern Cross, she eventually replied "I think there's probably four, isn't it?" [1] Also, earlier that year it was claimed she misnamed the Southern Cross on the flag as the Milky Way.

During the 2004 Federal Election in Australia Jones, along with ACM National Convenor Professor David Flint, were the most vocal opponents of the Australian Labor Party's election promise to remove the Crown from Australian politics.