Australia has never had an equivalent of New Zealand's founding document, the Treaty of Waitangi, says Brad Webb. Here, aboriginal dispossession equated to British sovereignty.Where is Australia’s Treaty of Waitangi?
Posted On Thursday, 30 Sep 2010 By admin. Under Australian history, Indigenous Australia Tags: Brad Webb, Captain Arthur Phillip, Dispossession, Lord Normanby, Treaty of Waitangi
Australia has never had an equivalent of New Zealand's founding document, the Treaty of Waitangi, says Brad Webb. Here, aboriginal dispossession equated to British sovereignty.Wrecking democracy is bad manners
Posted On Wednesday, 29 Sep 2010 By admin. Under Democracy, Politics Tags: Barry Everingham, Democratic institutions, Federal politics, Julia Gillard, Monarchists, National Press Club, Pairing, Simon Crean, Tony Abbott
For an out and out monarchist, Tony Abbott should take a leaf out of his monarch's book and learn some manners, Barry Everingham comments.ACM: too “tough” to admit mistakes
Posted On Wednesday, 29 Sep 2010 By admin. Under Republic Tags: 1999 referendum, ACM, Constitutional Convention, David Flint, Graham Smith, John Howard, Lewis Holden, Phil Cleary, Ted Mack
In response to Lewis Holden's article yesterday, the ACM say they have "toughened" up one of their articles on their website. What they needed to do, says Lewis, was just admit they had it wrong and apologise for the mistake, something the ACM has never done and, regrettably, probably never will.Grand delusions of royal restoration
Posted On Wednesday, 29 Sep 2010 By admin. Under Republic Tags: Barry Everingham, Constantine II, David Flint, Frederika of Hanover, Greek reformation, Monarchy
David Flint's obsession with all things German is becoming serious. He think theBarry Everingham is worried that he is completely losing it.Allegiance to Sophia’s blood
Posted On Tuesday, 28 Sep 2010 By admin. Under Republic Tags: Allegiance, Line of succession, Monarchy, Roy McKeen, Sophie Electress of Hanover, Swearing in
Roy McKeen says the swearing in ceremony of the 43rd Australian parliament left him with a feeling of repugnance that politicians did not swear allegiance to the people of Australia.Google and David Flint
Posted On Tuesday, 28 Sep 2010 By admin. Under Republic Tags: ACM, David Flint, Gerry Adams, Lewis Holden, Monarchists
Google can be a real pain sometimes, can't it.?David Flint of Australians for Constitutional Monarchy (ACM) is once again publishing claims that the Australian and New Zealand republican movements are somehow linked to Gerry Adams of Sinn Fein, and refused to rebuke him in 1999 for endorsing the "yes" case.Malcolm Turnbull says Tony Abbott is not a cyborg
Posted On Monday, 27 Sep 2010 By admin. Under Humour Tags: Federal politics, Humour, Malcolm Turnbull, Satire, Tony Abbott, Tony Abbott not a cyborg
Shadow Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull has dismissed any suggestions Opposition Leader Tony Abbott is a cyborg.We, the people
Posted On Monday, 27 Sep 2010 By admin. Under Republic Tags: Bob Menzies, Dorothy Mackellar, Glenn Davies, Henry Lawson, John Howard, Julia Gillard, Kevin Rudd, Oath of allegiance, Paul Keating, Source of power
When David Flint wrote a ‘Letter to the Prime Minister’ on Tuesday, 14 September 2010 calling on her to restore the Oath of Allegiance taken before God he was implying this was due to her atheism. If this was so then why would her predecessor, the christian Kevin Rudd, swear an oath as Prime Minister to 'the Commonwealth of Australia, its land and its people'? Neither Gillard nor Rudd went against the spirit of the Constitution – rather they have reflected and acted upon the wishes of the Australian people, writes Glenn Davies.The perfect democracy myth
Posted On Friday, 24 Sep 2010 By admin. Under Democracy, Republic Tags: Constitutional reform, Graham Smith, Monarchists myths, Perfect democracy myth
Graham Smith rebuts the monarchist myth that we need to create an absolutely perfect democratic system before we can replace the current undemocratic one. A Vision splendid
Posted On Thursday, 23 Sep 2010 By admin. Under Australian identity, Republic Tags: Australian Institute of Architects, Glenn Davies, Royal charters, Vision Australia, Women's Hospital
As there is no precedent in living memory for Queen Elizabeth II to revoke a Royal Charter then the only way a Royal Charter can be dropped is for it to be dissolved by an Act of Parliament – a definitive action by the representatives of the people of Australia to assert control over their public institutions, writes Glenn Davies.
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