With the UK referendum on 23 June to stay in or leave the EU, speculation mounts that if the British choose to leave the EU, the unity of the kingdom could be threatened, leaving England and Wales to go it…
The Australian Women’s Weekly treats its readers to a special spread for the Queen’s now long life on and off the Australian throne in the May print edition. The front cover features three generations of the most popular royals –…
After criticising the Governor-General in the Parliament, Senator Stephen Conroy (ALP Vic) brings down an avalanche of criticism on his head for “reflecting on the G-G” including by leaders of his own party. While his argument did not make much…
Judith Brooks, one of our Victorian members, speaks at a dinner organised by Labor for an Australian Republic in Melbourne. She injected some passion and commonsense into the menu of ideas about how to move forward. Women republicans focus on…
Apart from having tactile features to assist people with sight problems, an unattractive new design for five dollar note is released. A significant opportunity is missed by the Government, led by a republican Prime Minister, to remove the portrait of…
An increasing number of new Canadians are rejecting their oath to the Queen of Canada: “be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second, Queen of Canada, Her Heirs and Successors” at citizenship ceremonies. The matter…
The New Zealand Electoral Commission releases the official result of the second of the two referendums for a new flag design conducted 3-24 March (see also News of 15 December 2015 for the first referendum result). The silver fern gained…
The official “Clean for the Queen” campaign 4-6 March, in which citizens were encouraged to tidy-up Britain for our monarch’s 90th birthday, might have had establishment support but it didn’t go down well on social media. Thankfully, we didn’t do…
A puzzled Canberra Times reader asked why there would be non-binding votes when the Constitution requires a s.128 referendum to change it. This is what the Editor published from our National Convenor in reply: “Replying to Letters 16 February, the…
Men’s support for the Republic still outscores women’s 48 percent to 37, consistent and persistent. That’s the finding of the latest Fairfax-IPSOS poll 11-13 February 2016. City dwellers are ahead of regional and rural, 45 percent to 37 (that’s a lift)…
