The results of the elections for ARM National Council are announced. Four of the 10 elected positions are women: existing office-holders, Debra Crossing and Kathy Schoo, both from the ACT plus Michelle Wood from Sydney. Allison Henry, also from NSW, joins…
Do only the women republicans remember? Has past unnoticed and unremarked; no ceremony as there was in 2009. We should always remember this day and savour the next opportunity, it was close then despite all the nay-saying from those who would…
Prince Edward arrives for a five-day visit representing the Duke of Edinburgh. Royal visit number three for the year and number six since 2011. We’ve been inundated by these people since Tony Abbott became Prime Minister – all funded by…
New Zealand PM, John Key, announces there will be two binding POSTAL referendums (voting is not compulsory) on the new flag minus the Union Jack. The first one is to be held at the end of 2015 to choose a preferred design from among those selected…
Princess Anne arrives for a four-day visit to Queensland. She makes no public appearances. Royal visit number two for the year and number five since 2011. Anne was last here in 2009 for the Victorian bushfire memorial where things got a…
Germaine Greer describes Kate Middleton as “too thin” and says “she should stop being a womb for the royal family”. She also says Kate has a bastard of a job because she has effectively “been put charge of William. “Kate is…
The close vote – including substantial concessions to cede power won even for the NO majority – resulted in calls for greater devolution from Westminster to parts of England; a review of the strength of the UK union and Nicola Sturgeon taking over as Scotland’s First Minister….
Very usefully the National Party government of Prime Minister John Key was returned at the NZ general election. After claiming victory, Key said that he wanted to accelerate the timing of the referendum to change the NZ flag and get rid of the…
While the Scottish were absorbing the results of their referendum, Prince William was on his way to Malta to represent the Queen of Australia at the 50th anniversary of independence and formation of the Republic. President Marie Louise Coleiro Preca, said, “We respect the British…
The vote in the Scottish independence referendum went down 45:55 as expected. But there was much of interest to come out of it: Alex Salmond, Scottish First Minister and leader of the independence campaign for many years, managed to get the vote up from…
