Practical steps towards severing ties with the British monarchy quietly continue to be implemented. Last year, the NSW Branch of the Country Women’s Association voted to stop singing God Save the Queen at meetings, the National Song Poll (plebiscite) having…
That tireless republican, Senator Amanda Vanstone, renews her call for an Australian Republic albeit one that entails minimal changes to the Constitution to install an Australian head of state. Senator Vanstone, a senior Minister in the Howard Government, cautioned republicans…
The official visit of Crown Princess Mary of Denmark and her husband to Australia winds up. The 33 year old Hobart-born royal was a huge hit with crowds of women who turned out to greet and see her in a…
Allison Henry, National Director of the ARM, speaks at The Sydney Institute about Prince Charles’ visit. She contends that Charles knows and has known for some time that Australia’s “borrowed monarchy” has worn out its welcome, referring to remarks that…
Nicola Roxon, Labor Shadow Attorney-General, writes about Charles as a relic of another era and claims that his visit was completely overshadowed by that of the future Queen of Denmark in a feature article in The Australian. She says that…
Nicola Roxon, Labor Shadow Attorney-General, writes about Charles as a relic of another era and claims that his visit was completely overshadowed by that of the future Queen of Denmark in a feature article in The Australian. She says that…
The impending British royal marriage has a dramatic impact on support for an Australian republic – factor in Charles and Camilla and women’s support for an Australian republic skyrockets! A Galaxy Research survey published in The Sunday Telegraph (Sydney) with…
Polly Toynbee writes in The Guardian Weekly that she wished Charles and Camilla had eloped to Gretna Green to avoid the avalanche of “monarchalia”. She ponders whether Camilla is planning a quick trip to the IVF clinic in Rome that…
The announcement of Prince Charles’ (future King Charles III of Australia) marriage to Camilla Parker Bowles (possibly to be our Queen Camilla) on 8 April brought a new flurry of republican sentiment and increased membership for republican groups. Jenny Katauskas…
The Prime Minister of Barbados announces that voters would be involved in making the decision on whether Barbados would become a republic by the end of 2005 taking the country “to a higher and mature plane of political development”. It…
