‘Collector’s item’: Australians utilise quirk that entitles citizens to free portrait of the Queen

Under little-known nationhood obligation, MPs supply patriotic objects including flags, national anthem recordings and portraits of the monarch

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When Helen Browne woke to the news of the Queen's death, she rang her federal MP.

Browne was hoping to secure one of the last complimentary portraits of Elizabeth II on offer in Australia, part of a little-known entitlement to citizens under a nationhood obligation.

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