Wattle Day is celebrated annually on the first day of spring, 1st September and is a far more meaningful day of celebration than the Queen's Birthday. It is a time when the smells of spring are in the air and the vivid gold of the blossom is literally arresting. Wattle captures something crucial to the success of the republic - feeling for country. It is from this sense of place that the spirit of the future republic will emerge, writes Glenn Davies.Wattle Day – our land’s birthday
Posted On Tuesday, 31 Aug 2010 By davrosz. Under Australian history, Australian identity Tags: Glenn Davies, Queen's birthday, wattle, Wattle Day
Wattle Day is celebrated annually on the first day of spring, 1st September and is a far more meaningful day of celebration than the Queen's Birthday. It is a time when the smells of spring are in the air and the vivid gold of the blossom is literally arresting. Wattle captures something crucial to the success of the republic - feeling for country. It is from this sense of place that the spirit of the future republic will emerge, writes Glenn Davies.Southern Pacific Poms
Posted On Monday, 30 Aug 2010 By davrosz. Under Australian identity, Republic Tags: Australian identity, Confused identity, David Donovan, Head of state, Joshua, Republic benefits, Richard Woolcott, Southern Pacific poms
Australia has its own identity, there is no question of that. What it doesn't have, while we have this umbilical cord link to a foreign power, is its own unambiguous Australian identity.
A poll published in the Sun Herald today reported that support for a republic had slipped even though, consistent with previous polls on this issue, at least 63% of Australians support a republic, or around 2/3 of the population.Do it for everyone, but especially the young
Posted On Saturday, 28 Aug 2010 By davrosz. Under Republic Tags: Constitutional reform, Reasons for an Australian republic, Republic benefits, Terry Fewtrell, Young Australians
Our system of governance gives mixed messages to young Australians, says Terry Fewtrell, that only a republic can fix. Ideas to save our withering democracy
Posted On Saturday, 28 Aug 2010 By davrosz. Under Democracy Tags: Carmen Lawrence, Democracy, democracy activists, Democratic reform, Executive power, media, Party politics
Carmen Lawrence spoke about reforming democracy in 2003, and the words she said then have a prescient quality given the rising level of community dissatisfaction with the major political parties, as demonstrated by this month's federal election. In this extract, she talks about the disengagement of Australian people from the democractic system, the unrepresentative nature of major political party candidates, the rise of Executive power in the Australian context and the dysfunctional nature of our bipolar parliament.
Republic! Australia’s test of maturity
Posted On Friday, 27 Aug 2010 By davrosz. Under Australian identity, Republic Tags: Australian identity, Patrick McGorry, Republic benefits, speeches
The text of Professor Patrick McGorry's speech to the National Republican Lecture in Canberra on 26/8/2010. He asks Australia to "see its tryst with destiny".Australian of the year says: “Grow up, Australia!”
Posted On Thursday, 26 Aug 2010 By davrosz. Under Australian identity, Republic Tags: Australia growing up, David Donovan, Greg Barns, Mike Keating, Patrick McGorry, Republic benefits
The Australian of the Year, Professor Patrick McGorry, says Australia needs to become an adult nation and seek it’s “tryst with destiny” by becoming an Australian Republic.A vice-regal representative is no advantage
Posted On Wednesday, 25 Aug 2010 By davrosz. Under Republic Tags: Australian Constitution, Direct election vs parliamentary appointment, Federal election, Governor General, Lewis Holden, Monarchists, Monarchists myths
Lewis Holden refutes the oft-made assertion that having the Queen's representative to sort out Constitutional problems is better than having an elected head of state.Democracy is under attack
Posted On Tuesday, 24 Aug 2010 By davrosz. Under Democracy Tags: election scam, election scams, elections, electoral commission, Federal election, Mark Aldridge, Minor parties, Party politics, South Australian election
Our democracy is under attack in Australia, writes Mark Aldridge, and those in positions of power don't want you to know about it.Abbott’s election referendum
Posted On Monday, 23 Aug 2010 By admin. Under Democracy, Politics Tags: David Donovan, elections, Federal election, Fran Kelly, George Williams, hung parliament, Independents, Party politics, Referendums, Tony Abbott, Tony Burke, Tony Windsor
Opposition leader Tony Abbott may have fond memories of referendums, but his statement at 1.56 am on election night that the 2010 Federal "...election has been a referendum on the political execution of a Prime Minister" could come back to bite him. If the Independents take his advice he'll probably be still sitting in Opposition for the foreseeable future.
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