Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An tabbatar da mulkin mallaka, Bishop, tare da 'yan'uwansa ministoci Nick Minchin da Tony Abbott, sun goyi bayan yakin neman "A'a" wanda ya kai ga gazawar
1999 kuri'ar raba gardama ta Jamhuriyar Republican kuma a wani lokaci ya yi magana da 'yan Australia don Tsarin Mulki na Tsarin Mulki, yana gargadin game da "Labari bakwai masu mutuwa na muhawarar jamhuriya". A ranar 17 ga Yuli, 1991, don mayar da martani ga mummunan muhawara a kan gidan talabijin na Nine Network "Midday" tare da mai watsa shiri Ray Martin, suna muhawara kan Ostiraliya ta kasance masarauta mai tsarin mulki, a cikin muhawara ta gidan talabijin kai tsaye tare da mawaƙa Normie Rowe da mai watsa shirye-shiryen rediyo Ron Casey, wanda ya ƙare da yin faɗa da jiki, Bishop ya ba da sanarwar manema labarai wanda ya ce: "Zai iya zama Babban Tsakar rana a kan "Midday Show" lokacin da Ron Casey ya yi swipe a Normie Rowe amma wannan halayyar tana nuna yadda muhawara kan Masarautar ta zama mai rarrabuwa. Ba a gamsu da ganin kasar a kan gwiwoyi a sakamakon koma bayan tattalin arziki dole ne jam'iyyar Labor ta yi farin ciki cewa tana raba al'umma a kan batun da ba shi da wata ma'ana ta siyasa. "