Whakakihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko te monarchist whakapumautia, ko Bishop, me ona hoa minita a Nick Minchin me Tony Abbott, i tautoko i te kaupapa "No" i arahi ki te kore o te
1999 Republican referendum a i tetahi wa i korero ki nga Ahitereiria mo te Mana Ture, me te whakatupato i nga "Tekau nga korero kino o te tautohetohe a te Republican". I te 17 o Hōngongoi 1991, hei whakautu ki te tautohetohe kino i runga i te whakaaturanga pouaka whakaata "Midday" o te Nine Network me te kaihautū a Ray Martin, e tautohetohe ana mo te noho tonu o Ahitereiria hei kingi ture, i roto i te tautohetohe pouaka whakaata ora me te kaiwaiata a Normie Rowe me te kaiwhakaputa reo irirangi a Ron Casey, i mutu i te whawhai tinana, i tukuna e Bishop he panui korero e kii ana: "I te Poutumarotanga o te "Midday Show" i te wa i whiua ai a Ron Casey ki a Normie Rowe engari ko tenei whanonga e tohu ana i te rereketanga o te tautohetohe mo te Monarchy. Kāore i te makona ki te kite i te whenua i runga i ona turi hei hua o te whakahekenga, me koa te Pāti Kaimahi kei te wehewehe ia i te hapori mo tetahi take kaore rawa he take tōrangapū".