Australia’s national identity isn’t “a white Anglo man in a hat”. So says art historian and comedian, Hannah Gadsby, in her new TV series. She says to find it, we must examine the history and diversity of Australian art. [‘Hannah…
While there is now no urgency to finalise this because the first child of William and Kate was a boy, the States are having to pass their own legislation first (because they have their own constitutions and, thereby, each one…
PM Abbott has asked for a portrait of the Queen of Australia to hang in his Canberra office. It is a copy of the “wattle portrait” (lots of sparkling jewels) painted by William Dargie in 1954 for the newly-crowned head…
Ahead of the 18 September Scottish independence referendum, the debate described to date as moribund reignited with David Bowie’s “Scotland stay with us” plea at an award ceremony in New York. Bowie is English. The Observer editorial described the subsequent…
The Australian Women Weekly launches ROYALS in bold, gold caps for $9.95. With a glamour shot of Kate on the front – welcoming her to Australia – this glossy features “Latest Royal News, Behind-the-Scenes Stories and Photographs” (read “intrusive gossip”)…
Canberra Times weekend columnist, Christine Wallace writes, “…one of the most important speeches on culture given this year was by England’s best known organic farmer, the Prince of Wales”. She goes on to comment, “Should Liz fall under a bus,…
Prime Minister John Key announces that he intends hold a referendum to change the NZ flag within 12 months. The proposed design is the silver fern on a black background removing both the Union Jack and confusion with the current…
A ReachTEL poll of 2100 people shows women currently supporting the Republic at 36 percent (men at 43 percent). This is the same percentage as the women’s vote before the1999 referendum. Overall support is 39.4 percent with highest support between people…
Again, WfaAR can only say: “hopefully the last” to the fourth GG appointment since the 1999 referendum – Hollingworth, Jeffrey, Bryce and now Cosgrove until 2019. We detected another sigh of relief as the ordained order of things in the…
Media reports say that that the States are vying with each other to host stages of this years visit by William and Kate. In true Oz fashion, bets are being laid as to whether Baby George (third in line to…
