Press Council and to international relations". Monarchist views Flint is one of Australia's most prominent constitutional monarchists, in opposition to Australian republicanism. His book, The Cane Toad Republic, was used in the 1999 referendum campaign. That was followed in 2003 by Twilight of The Elites, which supported Australia's constitutional arrangements and the role of the Australian Crown. Flint has been National Convenor of Australians for Constitutional Monarchy since 1998, and a board member of the Samuel Griffith Society. He is a patron of the International Monarchist League in Australia, which supports and advances constitutional monarchy. Views on Australian Same Sex Marriage survey In 2017, Flint argued against the Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey on the grounds that it was not a valid referendum, and suggested that people should vote no. Personal life David Flint has been open about his homosexuality since his early adult years, but never discusses his private life or identifies the long-term partner with whom he has shared a home for over 30 years. Bibliography "Foreign Investment and the New International Economic Order" in Permanent Sovereignty over Natural Resources in International Law (1984) The Law of Foreign Investment in Australia (1985) Monetary Law Developments in the 1990s in The Right to Development in International Law (1992) Business Law of the European Community with Gabriel Moens (1993) Australia in Press Law and Practice (1993) Lapdog, Watchdog or Junkyard Dog? The Media's Role in Australia's Monarchy/Republic Debate in The Australian Constitutional Monarchy (1994) Economic Development, Foreign Investment and the Law, Issues of Private Sector Constitutional and Legislative Safeguards for Foreign Direct Investment: A Comparative Review Utilising Australia and China, with Robert Pritchard and Thomas Chiu, in Involvement, Foreign Investment and the Rule of Law in a New Era (1995) Freedom of Speech and Media Regulation in India in Asian Laws Through Australian Eyes (1997) Foreign Investment with Thomas Chiu (1998) The Australian Constitution in No Case Papers (1998) The courts and the media; what reforms are needed and why? in The Courts and the Media (1999) The Cane Toad Republic (1999) Australian Republicanism, Sovereignty and the States in Restructuring Australia: Regionalism, republicanism and reform of the nation-state (2004) Australian Defamation Law Reform in Defamation and Freedom of the Press (2004) The Twilight of the Elites (2003) Malice in Media Land (2005) A Successful Conservative Party Ready to Rebuild in Liberals and Power (2007) Her Majesty at 80 (2006) Monarchy