The deliberative poll winds up in Canberra. Among the 350 delegates, there was a huge shift favouring YES case from 53% as surveyed six weeks before the event to 73% today, while support for direct election plunged dropped dramatically. Analysts…
Anne Finnane is the Coordinator of a small group of people in the Eastwood area of Sydney who have launched the William Deane for President campaign; their website is at: www.presidentdeane.com This campaign is not endorsed by Women for an Australian Republic because…
Visit these two informative republic sites: the YES…and MORE campaign at www.yesandmore.org and The Australian Republic Referendum maintained by Louise Nordestgaard of Adelaide at http://www.users.bigpond.com/lnord . The latter has the text of the draft Preamble in top spot right on the front page. Also on…
Elva Batt, 79, an ex-servicewoman from Greenacre NSW is undecided about her republic vote. The Australian reports that she is travelling to Canberra this weekend to take part in the deliberative poll at Old Parliament House, where 350 randomly selected people will…
Women for an Australian Republic writes to The Australian to counter the views that only direct election will deliver a woman President – our view is that only the model on offer on 6 November will achieve this objective. This followed publicity given…
Margaret Ryan of Whittlesea Victoria writes to The Australian to say that she is voting YES after hearing the NO campaign song which sorted out all the issues for her.
The Australian’s list of 18 potential Presidents includes seven women: Janet Holmes a Court (WA); Dr Lowitja O’Donoghue (SA); Mrs Hazel Hawke (WA/NSW); Justice Mary Gaudron of the High Court (NSW); Dame Leonie Kramer (NSW); Evonne Goolagong Cawley (NSW/USA); Justice Elizabeth…
YES campaign launches Mothers for the Republic. The Australian featured the Adelaide rally while The Canberra Times pictured Karen Munzel, ACT ARM fundraising organiser with her three children: Freia 6, Chiara 4 and Aidan 2. Find out what mothers are saying about the republic at Women…
At a launch for women politicians supporting the republic at federal Parliament House in Canberra, Senator Amanda Vanstone from SA said humorously,” We accept that women can say ‘no’, but on this occasion, we choose not to.” This was reported…
ACT Chief Minister, Kate Carnell, tells us that veterans fought for our future as an independent nation. She was speaking at the launch of Veterans for the Republic in Canberra.
