We’re overdosing on Kate’s baby and it hasn’t even been born yet. The Australian media has lost its senses not to mention analytical skills. At least, on some local websites, the royal baby hype is properly listed under “Celebrity News”. The general population is…
Photographs published in the print media today show the Prime Minister knitting a toy kangaroo for the heir to the heir to the heir to the Australian throne. Cute but not a republican act. The knitting spread will feature in…
WfaAR is still not satisfied with responses from the Government about renaming part of Parkes Place in the Parliamentary Zone in Canberra as Queen Elizabeth Terrace to mark the Diamond Jubilee. So, we have written again for more answers and to find out…
Kathryn Kelly of Chifley ACT writes to The Canberra Times about finding a third way to solve the problem of selecting a head of state to meet the objectives of both parliamentary appointment and direct election supporters. While WfaAR doesn’t think this proposal will suit…
We couldn’t let this one go without comment. National Convenor, Sarah Brasch, is published in Independent Australia saying that before long it will be the King’s Birthday as we dander about with the republic. Click on the link below to…
Dr Clare Wright, television presenter and author of a new book about the women on the Ballarat goldfields (see News Update of 31 December 2012) and Associate Professor Natasha Cica, Director of the Inglis Clark Centre for Civil Society at the University of Tasmania, join headline act Peter Fitzsimons for the…
To add to the Project Republic launch, first book on the republic for quite a while, Professor Anne Twomey from the University of Sydney is the guest on Margaret Throsby’s interview program (ABC Classic FM at www.abc.net.au/classic) talking about how the Queen intervenes…
A new book of essays about the republic is launched at Parliament House in Canberra. There was not a single woman speaking at the event that had a decidedly Anglo, middle-aged male, establishment feel about it. The book has articles by only four women (Joy McCann;…
One NO voice for the referendum, expect it to be an extremely loud one, will be run by a small posse of entirely predictable people: ex Liberal Ministers Peter Reith, Nick Minchin, ex Labor Minister turned academic Gary Johns plus Julian Leeser, anti Bill of Rights campaigner and…
“Monument” is premiered by the Australian Ballet in Canberra as part of the national capital’s centenary for just four performances. The work is based on the design principles for new Parliament House, opened in 1988, and reveals the awe-inspiring glory of “a building that exists as…
