While criticism of the PM is currently concentrated on his support for the Speaker after her lavish use of taxpayer-provided travel funds was revealed several weeks ago, that outlandish award of a knighthood to our British Head of State’s spouse in January remains fresh in…
During Margaret Throsby’s interview with the former NSW Governor, Marie Bashir comments how much it had been her privilege to welcome not only the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh to the State but also “Prince Charles and his lovely wife.” When questioned…
It is a day of highs and lows. First of all, we had Opposition Leader, Bill Shorten, commit to a referendum by 2025. That’s 10 years away. It is a plus of sorts to have a date but his speech to the ALP National…
The PM is so dazzled by the Union Jack on the flag that he completely flubbed how many points the Federation star has. The PM said six when in fact it already has seven – one for each State and one added for the combined…
Peter Fitzsimons is named as the Australian Republican Movement’s new chair replacing Geoff Gallop. Bit of a blokey choice who rules from his rugby pulpit in the Saturday edition of the Sydney Morning Herald where he has an opinion on…
If anyone is in doubt about the importance of what is on flags, they should be paying attention to the debate in the United States over the Confederate flag after a racially motivated massacre on 17 June (see link below for…
Professor Kim Rubenstein of the Australian National University states that changes to Australia’s citizenship laws where citizenship will be cancelled if a terrorist is a dual citizen (thought to affect hundreds of thousands of Australians) are a profound shift in what it means to be an Australian citizen. Being…
The Joint Select Committee on Constitutional Recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, with members from both houses of parliament, tables its final report after working for nearly two years. It recommends that the referendum be held when there is the highest chance of success, without nominating…
With news that revenue from the royal estates could be retained in Scotland with legislation going through to give the Scottish parliament the ability to manage royal assets in Scotland, Anne Perkins comments that the substructure of the monarchy and its dazzling…
Australian Women’s Weekly releases “Young Royals” with sickly icing sugar pink banner for only $9.95. Other confection contained in this publication featuring George and Charlotte on the front cover are articles on “How Harry, William, Kate and George are modernising…
