Peter Fitzsimons is named as the Australian Republican Movement’s new chair replacing Geoff Gallop. Bit of a blokey choice who rules from his rugby pulpit in the Saturday edition of the Sydney Morning Herald where he has an opinion on…
If anyone is in doubt about the importance of what is on flags, they should be paying attention to the debate in the United States over the Confederate flag after a racially motivated massacre on 17 June (see link below for…
Professor Kim Rubenstein of the Australian National University states that changes to Australia’s citizenship laws where citizenship will be cancelled if a terrorist is a dual citizen (thought to affect hundreds of thousands of Australians) are a profound shift in what it means to be an Australian citizen. Being…
The Joint Select Committee on Constitutional Recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, with members from both houses of parliament, tables its final report after working for nearly two years. It recommends that the referendum be held when there is the highest chance of success, without nominating…
With news that revenue from the royal estates could be retained in Scotland with legislation going through to give the Scottish parliament the ability to manage royal assets in Scotland, Anne Perkins comments that the substructure of the monarchy and its dazzling…
Australian Women’s Weekly releases “Young Royals” with sickly icing sugar pink banner for only $9.95. Other confection contained in this publication featuring George and Charlotte on the front cover are articles on “How Harry, William, Kate and George are modernising…
With Queen’s Birthday fresh in mind, WfaAR is published in The Canberra Times on the subject of Australian honours, the need to get rid of knighthoods (now handed on to the Council of the Order of Australia), the desirability of making the…
Sarah Brasch, WfaAR’s national convenor, ponders the real meaning of the Queen’s Birthday holiday and wonders if anyone in this country gives the reason for a day off more than a passing thought – and if not, why not? Her…
Sue Lappeman writes in the Gold Coast Bulletin and gets straight to the point. She says, “We long to be part of the modern world but then show ourselves up as unsophisticated hicks when confronted with anything more complex than…
The notoriously conservative Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra holds an election to decide the next conductor to follow Sir Simon Rattle in 2018. While all members of the orchestra could vote, the process was not clear. Members were able to vote for…
