With biennial ARM Branch Council elections completed in all States and the ACT, fewer women are holding official positions than before. Two Branches out of seven have female convenors – SA and Tas. In the ACT, there are two women…
Republic Rocks! ACT ARM hosted Rock for Republic in central Canberra with great bands enthusiastically supporting the cause. The day, which raised awareness about the Republic, was organised by ANU Republic Club members and dedicated republicans, Kate Holloman and Pip…
At at backyard gathering with three families in suburban Melbourne, Opposition Leader, Kevin Rudd, undertakes to hold a referendum on the Republic. He said that the question was too confusing last time and, even though not a “first order issue”,…
English writer and former editor of Vanity Fair and The New Yorker, Tina Brown, writes in her new book, “The Diana Chronicles”, about “the British Royal Family’s relationship with its sometimes restless former dominion”. She also reveals that Prince William…
Dr Jane Connors, a social historian from the University of Sydney, talks about different types of monarchists on ABC radio. She distinguishes between popular monarchists (mainly women who follow the doings of royal families and the cult of celebrity “exasperating…
ABC Classic FM host, Margaret Throsby, replays a 1995 interview with writer and political activist, Faith Bandler, who led and campaigned tirelessly for the 1967 referendum question on recogition of Aboriginal people. Faith Bandler said that she was a republican…
The reported break-up between Ms Kate Middleton and Prince William, second in line to become Australia’s Head of State, stirs republican sentiment. Michelle Lensink, Liberal Member of the Legislative Council in South Australia writes to the Adelaide Advertiser: “According to…
At an investiture in Canberra to receive a Companion of the Order of Australia, prominent Perth businesswoman and arts patron, Janet Holmes a Court, said Australians could be ready for another referendum on the Republic: ” We have our own…
Having been dropped from the Ministry, Senator Amanda Vanstone signals that she intends to pursue some issues “dear to her heart and Australia’s identity” after this years federal election. One of them is the Republic. Senator Vanstone favours the most…
National Chair of ARM, Ted O’Brien, manages a women’s angle on the Republic writing in The Age. Talking about Australia’s Head of State, he says, “the office discriminates against women. Despite Australia first granting women the right to vote and…
