27th November 2010, Sydney, NSW. The Hon. Tony Abbott MP delivers the annual Neville Bonner Oration to Australians for Constitutional Monarchy. Part 1 "The Heart Has Reasons" - The Significance of the Royal Engagement. Tony Abbott discusses a media commentariat that is "resentful and superior at the same time" and notes that the Sydney Morning Herald is afraid the engagement might distract attention from "the" republic.

[ Parts 2 and 3 of the Oration follow. The text is available here]