The New Zealand Electoral Commission releases the official result of the second of the two referendums for a new flag design conducted 3-24 March (see also News of 15 December 2015 for the first referendum result). The silver fern gained…
The official “Clean for the Queen” campaign 4-6 March, in which citizens were encouraged to tidy-up Britain for our monarch’s 90th birthday, might have had establishment support but it didn’t go down well on social media. Thankfully, we didn’t do…
A puzzled Canberra Times reader asked why there would be non-binding votes when the Constitution requires a s.128 referendum to change it. This is what the Editor published from our National Convenor in reply: “Replying to Letters 16 February, the…
Men’s support for the Republic still outscores women’s 48 percent to 37, consistent and persistent. That’s the finding of the latest Fairfax-IPSOS poll 11-13 February 2016. City dwellers are ahead of regional and rural, 45 percent to 37 (that’s a lift)…
Natalie Cromb says proper self-determination cannot be achieved while the country remains a constitutional monarchy and advocates for an Aboriginal Head of State. She links this idea to the Republic thus: “An Australian Republic would be our opportunity to create our own independent system of government that is…
The latest Newspoll on the republic is published in The Australian with a dissection by gender. To the question, “Are you personally in favour or against Australia becoming a Republic”, 45 percent of women were in favour (compared with 57…
That’s Rosemary Walters’ opinion after a flurry of noise put the Republic on the front pages for a couple of days. So, she wrote to The Canberra Times. Her published letter followed that of a man – with top billing and the headline – who said that the clamour for…
It was on for young and old on Australia Day. Suddenly everyone was talking Republic but we’ll see how long this lasts. Was this the only diversion left? At least, it is better than last years Australia Day clanger of knighting Prince…
Professor Jakelin Troy, Director of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Research at the University of Sydney, is in favour of a renewed campaign for the Republic but says it must to recognise the sovereignty of the country’s First Peoples. “Any new system of government should correctly recognise…
It is a clear victory for the silver fern design with both options accounting for just under (49.42) or just over (50.58) half the votes cast. The so-called “people’s choice”, the Red Peak, faded to third but was still well ahead of the other two choices of…
