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ShareAs Premier John Brumby signals that his government will take action in Victoria to advance Australia becoming a republic as part of his re-election campaign, a new book was launched by the Hon. Lindsay Tanner MP in Melbourne on June 29,...
ShareBy Barry Everingham Julia Gillard’s recent comment on a Republic should send shivers down the spines of all loyal Australians. She claims a change to drag this country screaming into the realms of constitutional reality is not on people’s...
Shareby David di Felice How many of us feel frustrated by the lack of progress we are making towards a republic? Yet how many of us can truly lay claim to be republican activists? Living, as we do, in a country where many seem disinterested...
Shareby Ross Garrad During the leadup to the 1999 referendum, there was a concerted campaign to discredit the very word “republic” by linking it to some of the nastiest regimes on the face of the earth, such as Iraq, North Korea, and of...
ShareSo, Julia Gillard has finally called for an election to be held. In a sign of how much Tony Abbott has shifted the centre of Australian politics to the right, Julia Gillard announced to the National Press Club on Thursday that, if elected,...
Shareby John Pyke In 1999 Prime Minister Howard made it clear that, though he did not want a republic, the Parliamentary-selection ‘model’ that was proposed was, to him, the least unacceptable model of a republic. One might naturally...
Shareby Professor John Warhurst In November 1999 the referendum to change the Australian Constitution from a monarchy into a republic was lost by a margin of 55% to 45%. Eleven years have now passed. There has been no constitutional referendum...
Shareby Ross Garrad They say there’s more than one way to skin a cat, though it’s safe to assume that most of us haven’t actually tried out many different methods. But when it comes to choosing a Head of State for Australia, saying “there’s...
Share by Dr Glenn Davies One of the many strands of irony that lace through the republican debate in Australia involves Admiralty House, the official Sydney residence of the Governor-General of Australia, being built on land that was once...
Shareby Roy McKeen Queen Elizabeth II, head of state of the United Kingdom and, amongst other countries, Australia, is to become a great grandmother following the announcement that Princess Anne’s son, Peter Phillips, and his wife Autumn...
