Kim Rubenstein, Convenor of Equal Say – Women for a Representative Democracy and AnneWinckel, appeared on behalf of the Women’s Constitutional Convention Steering Committee (of which WfaAR is a member) before the Joint Select Committee of the Federal Parliament in Melbourne, to…
A woman nominated as second Boomaroo of Australia. In his new book, creative thinking proponent and writer, Edward de Bono, proposes another model for our Head of State based on the appointment of a unique (seemingly eccentric) Australian monarch intended…
The High Court finds that Australia is effectively a republic and independent of Britain since the passing of the Australia Act in 1986. The Court was handing down its judgement in the challenge to Senator elect Heather Hill (One Nation Queensland) who…
The Parliament is told that the Referendum for the Republic will cost $82.5m ie $63m to be spent by the Australian Electoral Commission and $19.5m allocated to the YES and NO campaigns and the public education campaign. Note the AEC…
Legislation for the Republic introduced into the House of Representatives. The Joint Select Committee to consider the two bills (see item of 21 May for composition of committee) is to continue its inquiry during the winter recess and report by…
The Senate agrees to establishment of a Joint Select Committee to consider the Republic legislation (see item below for more details)
Government confirms 6 November as the date for referendum (this will require the referendum legislation to pass through both Houses of Federal Parliament by 20 August). Also announced was the setting up of a joint parliamentary committee to consider the…
The Prime Minister received 666 submissions on the Preamble – 250 were from women and women’s groups, mostly from individuals. The Government received 111 submissions about the Referendum Bills, just under 20 percent from women.
Pamela Ryan, an Australian academic, is heading a non-profit group to organise the countrys first deliberative poll in October. 300 people will meet in Canberra to reach an informed view on the Republic and a President appointed by Parliament after…
Prime Minister threatens to drop the preamble from the November referendum if Opposition members vote to replace his version with their own in the Senate and says that he sees nothing wrong with the term “mateship”;
