It is fully televised of course. We could see the distinctive, brilliant blue and wattle gold of his Australian knighthood on the right-hand side of the altar elevated on a handmade cushion. The award was also read out among his…
It is sobering to read Afua Hirsch’s commentary on the death of Prince Philip in support of her stance that “royals’ good deeds and charitable endeavours are not, in themselves, justification for the monarchy”. This article was published in Britain…
Prince Philip, consort of our Head of State and controversally awarded an Australian knighthood in 2015 before these honours were abolished, dies at Windsor Castle aged 99. This news was a jolt for republicans who suddenly realised that there was…
Amanda Vanstone agrees with WfaAR in her analysis of the post Meghan and Harry interview pile-on. “What has come over some republicans?” she writes, “Apparently enthused by the current soap opera clouding the House of Windsor, they are planning to…
In a neat metaphor for a Republic with some uniquely Australian elements, we note that the Sydney Philharmonia Choir has performed a new version of Bach’s St John Passion by inserting three newly commissioned pieces by Australians at suitable places…
Thinking about it for 24 hours, here are WfaAR’s principles for Republic referendum success: – the people should be asked in one or more non-binding votes about the form of the Republic and the role of the Head of State,…
ARM National Council member, Jenny Hocking, continues to wind up the Meghan and Harry interview as a major driver towards our Republic (we don’t agree) but the foot of her article reveals ARM’s core elements for putting “a model” successfully…
In among the Meghan and Harry dramas, we return to the important business of our own constitutional change with some pertinent words from Noel Pearson about advancing Indigenous Recognition at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra. Pearson asks five…
Galvanised by the Meghan and Harry interview, ARM suddenly announces that it will reveal a “Model”, presumably about how to select the Head of State, “later in the year”. The intention now is to bypass preliminary plebiscites and go straight…
The tell-all Harry and Meghan interview with Oprah Winfrey has some republican campaigners, principally those at ARM, all in a spin. They think it will kickstart the demand for a Republic among the public at large. WfaAR doesn’t agree. Our…
