Two Australian women speak practically about the campaign for the republic. Anne Henderson, Deputy Chair of the Australian Republican Movement writes under the headline “Royals welcome as guests, not masters” in The Australian while Senator Natasha Stott-Despoja, who is also…
An unexpected observation by a woman about the desirability of an Australian Republic? The Queen makes a short speech at a formal dinner in the Great Hall of Parliament House in Canberra in which she describes Australia as “a great…
The New South Wales Parliament passes legislation amending the NSW Constitution requiring new members to take a pledge of loyalty to the State and to Australia rather than to the Queen.
Barbara McGarity of NSW suggests that for the Queen’s 80th birthday, the Prime Minister should ask her to relinquish her role as Queen of Australia. Read her unpublished letter to The Australian here
Elaine Thompson writes a feature article in The Sydney Morning Herald saying of course, it’s time to become a republic because of its symbolic significance. She correctly pinpoints an overhaul of the whole constitution as essential to the development of…
The Prime Minister calls for better teaching of Australian history in schools. WfaAR agrees. It should include our proud – and extensive – republican history since 1788.
Lorna Denham of Cardiff Heights NSW writes to The Sydney Morning Herald: “The republicans must have paid a monachist to invent their new truly awful slogan ‘A Mate for Head of State’. Barbara McGarity of Turramurra NSW complains online ‘I…
The latest Newspoll on the Republic is published in The Australian. 43 percent of women were strongly or partly in favour of Australian becoming a Republic, 20 percent uncommitted compared with 49 percent of men, 19 percent uncommitted. When Charles…
Women for an Australian Republic strongly voiced its opposition to the ARM about the Mate for Head of State slogan but it fell on deaf ears. ARM, which considers any publicity about the republic to be good publicity, responded when…
The “Mate for Head of State” campaign is launched as an annual republic support day on the Sunday before Australia Day. The slogan, supported by the ARM who couldn’t see what was wrong with it, spoilt an otherwise good idea….
