The month of October ahead of the Royal visit turned the spotlight onto the Republic once again but it was only a brief spike in the end – by the end of the month, it was over like a shooting…
Australia is still to tidy up references to Queen Elizabeth in 31 federal laws including the ACT and Northern Territory self-government laws requiring parliamentarians to swear an oath of allegiance to the Queen even though she died in 2022 and…
On her first overseas trip to the Paralympics and Villiers-Bretonneux in France, Governor-General Sam Mostyn reflects on her new role. She revealed that when the Prime Minister rang her to offer her the job, he nominated these goals: modernity, optimism…
Sage words from former ARM National Council Member and The Palace Letters author, Professor Jenny Hocking discussing the dumping of the Republic portfolio. She says, “Australia is still in some very significant ways tethered to what is an arcane constitutional…
Jenna Price uses her weekly ACM media column to canvass the loss of the Republic portfolio from the current Ministry but the sub-headline labels the Republic as “inevitable”. It is so damaging to the Republic to adopt this sense of…
WfaAR records the death of Republic stalwart, Len Tuohy, who was an enthusiastic supporter of Women for an Australian Republic in its endeavours and a reliable ACT ARM member in the lead-up to the Republic referendum vote in 1999 and…
The Prime Minister announces a Ministerial reshuffle. The single missing portfolio is the Assistant Minister for the Republic that had been first included in the ministry in mid 2022. Publicly this was explained by being caused by the known retirements…
Vincent Namatjira’s bright, quirky and engaging exhibition of portraits from instantly recognisable pop stars and politicians to the British royals alongside Indigenous people who are not in the public eye reveals his take on Australia’s national identity. In his own…
ARM announces the results of the election for National Council members after the sudden resignations of the co-chairs in May (see previous posts). Of the ten spots available, there were six nominees elected: two women and four men. A young…
Sam Mostyn is takes her oath of office in The Senate as the 28th Governor-General. In her first speech, she called on the nation to challenge each other, engage in a contest of ideas and bring a sense of care…
