Corowa local historian, Glenda Campbell, says in Stuart Rintoul’s article in The Australian that she doubts that the republic has captured the imagination of the Australian people in the way that Federation did: “I can’t get too enthused about the debate. I…
Release of latest Newspoll survey shows that 42 percent of women interviewed (total sample 2400) were in favour of Australia becoming a republic; 25 percent were strongly in favour. The most notable result from this poll was that it showed…
The Joint Select Committee on the Republic Bills is winding up its hearings before reporting back to Parliament in the next few days. Professor Cheryl Saunders of Melbourne said that the proposed question did not fairly represent what the republic…
The YES Coalition is launched in New South Wales. Women attending the launch in Sydney included Aboriginal leader, Ms Norma Ingram, and Uniting Church minister, Dorothy McRae-McMahon. Norma Ingram said that it was significant that the meeting was being held…
Women on opposing sides write in the Sydney Morning Herald Wendy Machin, Deputy Chair of the Australian Republican Movement says that Australians do care about a republic in her article “A vote of self confidence” while Kerry Jones, Executive Director of No Republic-Australians for a…
The YES … and MORE coalition promoted by prominent direct election Republicans, including Dr Pat O’Shane and Ms Moira Rayner, from the 1998 Constitutional Convention is launched in Sydney. Read more in Hot Topics. WfaAR supports the YES….and MORE campaign.
The Prime Minister says that he is committed to keeping “mateship” in the preamble. He said on his return from the USA that the term which had been criticised as “too blokey” was sacrosanct. He said,” I like ‘mateship’. It’s…
Democrat Senator Natasha Stott Despoja describes the Prime Minister’s insistence on the word “mateship” in his draft preamble as “ridiculously obstinate”. Further she said, “Personally, I do not believe ‘mateship’ has a place in our Constitution. It is an exclusive…
Rosemary Neill, writing in The Australian, calls for a comprehensive public education campaign on the republic after a leaked Newspoll survey found that half of a group of voters surveyed didn’t know enough to vote in the November referendum. About 30%…
“The Case for YES” published. This collection of papers given at the National Convention of Republicans in February – edited by John Uhr – contains a large number of contributions by women: Kate Carnell, Amanda Vanstone, Natasha Stott Despoja, Marise…
