For bon mots, witty observations and incisive commentary on topical Australian Republic issues du jour – there are plenty of them – and on all other matters even remotely connected to #Republic such as scrutiny of the British monarchy, national…
Henry Reynolds says the forthcoming royal tour provokes many considerations as the “global reconsideration of the legacy of centuries of European imperialism, of slavery, Indigenous dispossession and economic exploitation represents the latest manifestation of the long process of decolonisation.” He…
Women for an Australian Republic submits its views about public education programs for referendums, in which we argue for a light and innovative touch especially to address the needs of female voters, to the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters….
Discussions about our national identity, ever fluid in its post-colonial state, has bobbed up again as seeds of fledgling, religious based political parties comes to the fore ahead of the next federal election – some seats are said to be…
An article in The Canberra Times about outgoing Governor-General, David Hurley’s role in agreeing to swear the then Prime Minister into multiple ministries in secret between 2020 and 2022 subjected the G-G to scrutiny over his actions from a legal…
Claudia Scheinbaum is elected as Mexico’s first female President in a landslide victory. Ms Scheinbaum studied physics and gained a doctorate in energy engineering before becoming an expert on climate change. She was the first female mayor of Mexico City…
In Melbourne, a statue of King George V is beheaded in Kings Domain in the CBD and covered in red paint after two statues of Captain Cook and another of Queen Victoria were defaced on Australia Day. A new portrait…
Julieanne Schultz reflects on the first proper King’s Birthday long weekend since the death of our previous Head of State (still gazetted as the Queen’s Birthday holiday in 2023) with a holiday on the Monday for our monarch’s birthday in…
Victorian member Judith Brooks and National Convenor Sarah Brasch attend this seminar at the Berwick campus of Federation University on an icy and gloomy Saturday morning. Most interesting were the presentations and commentary by Professor Emma Lee and Jesse Fleay,…
The death of Rosemary Laing, Australian photo-based artist is announced. She is best known for her flight research 1998-2000 series of photographs. Much of her work was inspired by nature, politics and natural disasters. In the early 2000s, her work…
