Natalie Cromb says proper self-determination cannot be achieved while the country remains a constitutional monarchy and advocates for an Aboriginal Head of State. She links this idea to the Republic thus: “An Australian Republic would be our opportunity to create our own independent system of government that is…
The latest Newspoll on the republic is published in The Australian with a dissection by gender. To the question, “Are you personally in favour or against Australia becoming a Republic”, 45 percent of women were in favour (compared with 57…
That’s Rosemary Walters’ opinion after a flurry of noise put the Republic on the front pages for a couple of days. So, she wrote to The Canberra Times. Her published letter followed that of a man – with top billing and the headline – who said that the clamour for…
It was on for young and old on Australia Day. Suddenly everyone was talking Republic but we’ll see how long this lasts. Was this the only diversion left? At least, it is better than last years Australia Day clanger of knighting Prince…
Professor Jakelin Troy, Director of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Research at the University of Sydney, is in favour of a renewed campaign for the Republic but says it must to recognise the sovereignty of the country’s First Peoples. “Any new system of government should correctly recognise…
It is a clear victory for the silver fern design with both options accounting for just under (49.42) or just over (50.58) half the votes cast. The so-called “people’s choice”, the Red Peak, faded to third but was still well ahead of the other two choices of…
The Prime Minister of Barbados has named 30 November 2016 as the date for the country to become a republic with a ceremonial president on the 50th anniversary of becoming a sovereign state. Like New Zealand, Barbados is following through…
With a lead-in lush picture of Diana and Charles in Newcastle during the 1983 royal tour, where your gaze is immediately drawn to Diana radiant in pale pink, hardly noticing our next King, we find out seven pages later that the Australian Women’s…
Charles and Camilla jet out after a low-key inspection of the colony reputed to have cost taxpayers $500,000, probably a modest estimate of the true costs. Similar to their 2012 visit, they attended highly stage-managed events indulging their interests and mixing with…
Sophie Morris, Chief Political Correspondent for The Saturday Paper, chooses the new PM’s weak pursuit of his republic aim thus far as the theme for her Page 1 article. She says he is “now content to let the ALP steal the debate’s…
