New reports explain that when our wealthy foreign head of state hands out private gifts to Australian officials, including framed photographs of herself, she then passes on the bill to the Australian Government. Managing editor David Donovan reflects on this absurd situation.Royals bill Australians for their own gifts
Posted On Tuesday, 24 Jan 2012 By admin. Under Republic Tags: gifts from the Queen, Monarchy, Prince Charles, Royal costs, royal gifts, royal visits, The Queen
New reports explain that when our wealthy foreign head of state hands out private gifts to Australian officials, including framed photographs of herself, she then passes on the bill to the Australian Government. Managing editor David Donovan reflects on this absurd situation.The elitist monarchy does not stand up to scrutiny
Posted On Saturday, 22 Oct 2011 By admin. Under Republic Tags: curtseygate, David Donovan, deference, elites, elitism, hereditary privilege, Monarchy, Prince William, Royal tours, The Queen, Victoria bushfires
The royal family inherit positions of power and privilege in our system — yet escape any meaningful media scrutiny. We deserve to know who they are, says David Donovan.The dreaded name – Wallis Simpson
Posted On Monday, 17 Oct 2011 By admin. Under Republic Tags: Barry Everingham, Duchess of Windsor, King George V, King George VI, Monarchy, Narry Everingham, Queen Mary, Waalis Simpson, Wallis Simpson
If there’s one name capable of sending chills down the spine of Queen Elizabeth II, it is Wallis Simpson’s – the Duchess of Windsor – who in 1936 rocked the royal family by her love affair with the then Prince of Wales, Elizabeth’s uncle. Barry Everingham comments.Establishment of RARA: Royal Australian Royalist Association
Posted On Wednesday, 05 Oct 2011 By admin. Under Republic, Satire Tags: Australian republic, Flavius Dint, IRA, Monarchy, Queen in Australia, RARA, royalty, Satire, The Queen
Flavius Dint announces the establishment of a new monarchist organisation, the Royal Australian Royalist Association.The monarchy doesn’t capture the spirit of Australia
Posted On Monday, 27 Jun 2011 By admin. Under Australian identity, Republic Tags: Australian identity, Australian republic, Australian spirit, King and Country, Len Liddelow, Monarchy
Those who say the monarchy is the glue that holds Australia together don’t understand the spirit of Australia, says Len Liddelow.‘Republic Now!’: “maximalist” Australian Republicans
Posted On Wednesday, 22 Jun 2011 By admin. Under Republic Tags: Australia Constitution, Australian republic, Klaas Woldring, maximalist republic, Monarchy, Referendums
An important group striving for an Australian Republic is 'Republic Now!', which has as its motto: 'Rewrite the Constitution'. Here, convenor Dr Klaas Woldring gives an overview of their approach.Just because it works, doesn’t mean it’s OK
Posted On Thursday, 09 Jun 2011 By admin. Under Republic Tags: ain't broke, authoritarianism, Benito Mussolini, Britain's Supreme Court, despotism, don't fix it, Graham Smith, monarchist myths, Monarchy, popular sovereignty
Monarchists argue that the system works, so it’s OK. Graham Smith says that despotism and dictatorship also work fine and get the trains running on time.A brief stroll through royalist fantasy land
Posted On Wednesday, 25 May 2011 By admin. Under Republic Tags: ACM, Australian republic, Barry Everingham, British monarchy, David Smith, Imperial honours, International Monarchist League, J. Anthony McAlister, Julia Gillard, knicghthoods, Los Angeles, Monarchy, New Zealand, NZ knighthoods, restoration of knighthoods, Shane Warne, The Queen, US, William Cumberland
Senior correspondent Barry Everingham takes a stroll through the royal fantasy world of Australian knighthoods and a British monarch ruling over the United States.The myth of the Republican elites
Posted On Wednesday, 20 Apr 2011 By admin. Under Republic Tags: benefits of a republic, blue-bloods, David Flint, Dingo, elistism, inner-city elites, monarchist myths, Monarchy, Republican elites, royal wedding
David Donovan, who comes from Dingo in Central Queensland, says that the idea that Republicans are all part of an elite is a farcical joke.The biggest April Fools in Australian history
Posted On Sunday, 03 Apr 2011 By admin. Under Republic Tags: ACM, April Fool, ARM, Australian republic, Barry Everingham, biggest April Fools pranks, David Flint, Guardian renouncing republicanism April Fool's Day joke, Mark Colvin, Monarchy, The Guardian, Thomas Flynn
Hilariously, David Flint and the ACM have shown themselves up to be perhaps the biggest April Fools in Australia’s history by falling hook, line and sinker for an obvious prank by the UK's The Guardian newspaper. Barry Everingham reports.
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