Margaret Fitzherbert argues in The Age that the royal wedding and the new British government provide an opportunity to get rid of the gender prejudice inherent in the laws of succession to the British throne.
Barry Everingham, in a letter published in The Age today, says that gender prejudice is just one unpleasant element of these discriminatory 300-year-old laws.
Margaret Fitzherbert’s take on the overhauling of the rules of succession to British ...Overhaul discriminatory laws of succession to British Crown
Posted On Friday, 31 Dec 2010 By admin. Under Republic Tags: 1701 Act of Settlement, Barry Everingham, British Crown, gender equality, Laws of Succession, Margaret Fitzherbert, religious prejudice, Sophia Electress of Hanover
Margaret Fitzherbert argues in The Age that the royal wedding and the new British government provide an opportunity to get rid of the gender prejudice inherent in the laws of succession to the British throne.
Barry Everingham, in a letter published in The Age today, says that gender prejudice is just one unpleasant element of these discriminatory 300-year-old laws.
Margaret Fitzherbert’s take on the overhauling of the rules of succession to British ...Dear David, royalty is boring
Posted On Thursday, 30 Dec 2010 By admin. Under Republic Tags: ACM, Barry Everingham, Bondi Beach, David Flint, Greek royals, Jeffrey Wood, Kate Middleton, Prince William, royalty, Thomas Flynn
Regular IA contributor Barry Everingham writes an open letter containing some good advice for his long-time acquaintance, David Flint.You can’t keep the republic out of the wedding
Posted On Wednesday, 29 Dec 2010 By admin. Under Politics, Republic Tags: ARM, Bob Brown, David Donovan, Kate Middleton, Natasha Stott Despoja, Plebiscite for an Australian Republic Bill, Prince William, royal wedding
In an article in the Adelaide Advertiser, the former Senator, ex-leader of the Australian Democrats and past Australian Republican Movement national committee member Natasha Stott Despoja says there should be no republicanism during the royal wedding. Current Vice Chair of the ARM David Donovan replies.Polyarchy and the democratic ideal
Posted On Tuesday, 28 Dec 2010 By admin. Under Democracy, Republic Tags: Graham Smith, ideal democracy, Polyarchy, Robert Dahl, true democracy
Graham Smith says that just because perfection in our democratic system is impossible, that's no excuse not to make it better.Kevin Andrews: the master of disaster
Posted On Sunday, 26 Dec 2010 By admin. Under Politics Tags: AFP, Barry Everingham, boat arrivals, Dr Haneef, immigration, Industrial Relations, Joe Hockey, John Howard, Kevin Andrews, Tony Abbott, Workchoices
The disaster-prone Kevin Andrews snaring a front-bench seat on Tony Abbott's team is something that leaves Barry Everingham downright bewildered.The tradition of republican journalism
Posted On Saturday, 25 Dec 2010 By admin. Under Australian history, Republic Tags: Armlet, Australian Natives Association, Australian Republican, David Donovan, E.W. O’Sullivan, FCB Josper, George Black, Glenn Davies, Imperial Federation League, Imperial titles, Independent Australia, J.F. Archibald, John Haynes, John Norton, Livingstone ‘Hop’ Hopkins, Louisa Lawson, Phil May, republican journalism, Republican Roundup, The Bulletin, The Dawn, The Truth, William Henry Traill
On Christmas Day, 1890, the republican editor F.C.B. Vosper penned a letter from the Charters Towers goldfields office of the Australian Republican to his father in England describing his efforts over the past year to bring about an Australian republic. 120 years later, Independent Australia continues the tradition of republican journalism, writes Glenn Davies.The King’s Speech: a good movie that won’t save the monarchy
Posted On Friday, 24 Dec 2010 By admin. Under Republic Tags: Barry Everingham, David Flint, Duke of Windsor, George Duke of Kent, Harry Duke of Gloucester, Kate Middleton, King Edward VIII, King George III, King George V, Lionel Logue, Mary Princess Royal, Monarchists, Monarchy, Noel Coward, Pricess Diana, Prince Harry, Prince John, Prince Philip, Prince William, Queen Mary, Queen Mother, Queen Victoria, Royal inbreeding, The King's Speech, The Queen, Thomas Flynn
Barry Everingham takes a look at The King's Speech and says that, although it is an excellent film, mostly it reminds us of the weaknesses in the current system.Tony Abbott: a relic from the 1950s
Posted On Thursday, 23 Dec 2010 By admin. Under Democracy, Politics, Republic Tags: Afghanistan, bigotry, British Conservative Party, David Donovan, Equality, Federal election, homosexual marriage, Independents, Julia Gillard, Nicola Roxon, royalist, Tony Abbott, women's rights
Tony Abbott is an elitist, a homophobe and a misogynist—Australians must not allow him to take this country back to the 1950s. David Donovan reports.The Australian Republican Movement looks forward to 2011
Posted On Wednesday, 22 Dec 2010 By admin. Under Republic Tags: Adam Wand, ARM, ARM nation committee, David Donovan, David Glynne Jones, Francis Ventura, George Williams, Grant Jordan, Hayden Foote, Mike Keating, Peter van Vliet, Ross Garrad, Tom Curtis
The Chair of the ARM, Mike Keating's, message to ARM members in the December edition of the ARM newsletter Republican Roundup.The Christmas Island tragedy and our national sovereignty
Posted On Tuesday, 21 Dec 2010 By admin. Under Australian identity, New Australians Tags: adversarial politics, asylum seekers, Australian sovereignty, Boat people, Christmas Island, East Timor, illegal immigrants, Julia Gillard, offshore processing, refugee disasters, refugees, regional processing, Ross Garrad, Tony Abbott
Ross Garrad says that the Gillard Government can solve the "boat person" refugee issue, but it will take fortitude and tough decisions; the biggest threat is adversarial politics.
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