A striking sight in the “White Whiteley” exhibition opening at the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra, today until 22 July. The centrepiece of the 11 works is Whiteley’s large portrait of the writer “Patrick White at Centennial Park 1979-80” that usually hangs in the NSW Parliament building. Whiteley attached…
At the opening of the UK Parliament, the Queen says, “My Government will continue to work with 15 other Commonwealth Realms to take forward reform of the rules governing succession to the Crown”. This means legislation to provide that children inherit…
Writer Valda Marshall, born in Adelaide now living in Sydney, wins the third Republican Short Story Competition for “The Child of the Holocaust” on the theme of Citizen or Subject. Valda describes herself as a longstanding, staunch republican, “At the movies in…
The republic debate in The Canberra Times is still going. Read our latest letter in reply to a persistent critic. Download: Letter to The Canberra Times [55KB, pdf]
The keynote address at the ARM’s Our Say/ Head of State Conference held at Deakin University in Melbourne is given by Senator Lisa Singh, Labor Senator for Tasmania and former ARM Tasmania Convenor and Tasmanian Government Minister 2008-2010. The other woman to speak was…
In the absence of new republic polls for Australia Day, WfaAR predicts that 2012 could be a pivotal year for the Australian republic. Things to watch are: – the reaction to the visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall for the…
Longstanding Council member, Lyn Petrie (SA), has been joined by Elizabeth Borello, WA Convenor. Both are automatic members because they are State/Territory convenors. There are still no elected women representatives on ARM National Council. Elections are due late this year.
New Jamaican Prime Minister, Portia Miller Simpson, announces at her inauguration that Jamaica would be well on the way to becoming a republic by the end of the year. A previous attempt stalled in 2007. Jamaica’s change could influence other small Caribbean nations. …
The Canberra Times sparked a frenzy of pro-and anti-republic letters to add spice to holiday reading by reporting the British Foreign Office’s take on the current position of the Australian republic in a front page article about how much the…
Shortly after being appointed, our first female Attorney-General Nicola Roxon, says “I am a strong advocate of a republic and many people, me included, are looking for the right opportunity to reinvigorate the debate….I don’t think the time has come…
