Follow on Twitter
Subscribe by RSS
ShareHilariously, 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...
ShareIA senior correspondent Barry Everingham Barry Everingham reviews the recent royal tour. All very nice, though William will never be Australia’s head of state. I’ve covered about as many royal occasions as I’d guess David Flint...
ShareThe Chair of the New Zealand Republican Movement, Lewis Holden, reflects on Prince William’s tour of New Zealand and Australia. The Republican Movement executive decided last week when Prince William’s two-day disaster tour...
ShareBritish republican Liam Finn looks at the monarchy and refutes the myth that it has protected its subjects for ten centuries or more. As Finn says, just ”…because something has been around for a long time does not...
Share“This film will save the monarchy!” By Lewis Holden No, this quote isn’t about The Kings Speech. It’s about a film released in 2009 called The Young Victoria, another film about the British monarchy that got supporters...
ShareBarry 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. Reading the blog of David Flint and his sidekick Tom Flynn you could...
Share By Graham Smith One of the key notions that underpins republican democracy is the idea that we are all equal. It’s a profound and fundamental idea upon which democracy rests—without it democratic ideals are rather meaningless and...
ShareOne of the most enduring myths about the monarchy is that it is a more stable form of Government. Graham Smith disproves this assertion conclusively in this piece. A little while ago I received this email from Mark. It’s a lot of...
SharePrince Andrew has described British civil servants as “hopeless”. Barry Everingham says that Andrew will certainly be reminded that royalty’s influence resides in not being seen to exercise it. Prince Andrew, who also recently...
Shareby Benjamin Jones In the tradition of de Tocqueville, Benjamin Jones considers the Australian experiment. He says Australia is the land of freedom, equality and democracy. The Commonwealth Games are always an interesting affair. For...
