Head of state: MPs bombarded with requests for free portraits of Queen

Quirk of parliamentary rule book means Australians are entitled to pictures of the monarch, Prince Philip and other ‘nationhood material’

It’s a great Australian tradition borne of our parliamentary system – contacting your local MP to complain about bin collections and unsavoury property developments next door.

But it turns out that parliamentarians’ real obligation to Australian voters is to be the nation’s least-known but best-stocked royal merchandiser.

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