The Australian published the results of a Newspoll which showed momentum for direct election of the President was growing. The survey of 1200 people revealed that 51% were in favour of Australia becoming a republic (46% of women compared with 57%…
Senator Amanda Vanstone in a speech to an ARM dinner in Canberra told republicans that they need to engage at grassroots and work in concert with local representatives to convince politicians at all levels that the republic is an issue…
Five papers on the republic and related topics were delivered at the Women’s Constitutional Convention 2002, Trust the Women: the Next One Hundred Years, commemorating 100 years of the women’s vote and the 40th anniversary of all indigenous women getting…
As controversy swirls around the office of Governor-General, there is renewed interest in the republic, the method of appointing the Head of State and the type of person who is suitable for the job. Some women have written letters to…
There was controversy about the Conference Follow-up Group which was formed to take forward the outcome of the convention called the Royal Hotel Resolution. (Click here for the Resolution). The 11 member group contained only one woman who was included because…
Anne Barber from WEL Sydney, co-author of the WEL/WIP proposal which was not considered by the convention, offers her impressions of the Corowa gathering.
The Australian published a post-Corowa article by Professor Greg Craven of Perth who proposed one of the Corowa models but who revealed himself at the convention as being opposed to direct election. Jenny Katauskas and Louise Clegg, both from Sydney…
The Australian features two women who attended the Corowa Conference. Denva Poyntz, 16 from Moama near Echuca (Vic) told the conference that no one was asking the next generation what they want. She said that no one should assume that…
People’s Conference at Corowa, on the Murray River in southern New South Wales and site of the 1893 Corowa Conference, the first of the conventions leading up to Federation. The purpose of the 2001 Corowa People’s Conference was to explore…
Although submitted in time, the WEL/WIP proposal for selecting the Head of State was not among those put to the vote by paid-up delegates to the Corowa conference (about half the delegates were able to vote). No explanation for this…
