Late in the election campaign, the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, says in Townsville that the best time for change to a Republic would be following a change of monarch. She also said that the QEII should be the final queen of Australia despite…
WfaAR writes to The Australian, The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Canberra Times about what might happen to the Republic push if the Coalition wins this weeks election. The National Convenor’s letter is published in The Canberra Times: “Voters should indeed be…
The Prime Minister expanded on views about Australia becoming a republic in an interview with four journalists in Melbourne. There were two new lowlights: firstly that she sees herself as a participant in a future debate about the republic rather than…
Indigenous Affairs Minister, Jenny Macklin, announces that the next Labor Government would hold a referendum to introduce constitutional recognition of our First Peoples. To do this, the Government will seek bipartisan support from the Opposition. No timing for the vote was…
Women for an Australian Republic, Real Republic and ARM issue a policy statement for the 2010 election calling on all political parties and candidates to lift their game and start talking about the nation’s future as a republic because it affects all…
This is what Julia Gillard says about the Republic in her lengthy WW interview: “I am a republican. It’s a continuing debate. I think the debate has cooled. I get a sense that the next time the nation will really think…
WfaAR says that the Prime Minister is uninformed about the process republican groups propose to move forward, to quote Julia Gillard’s central campaign slogan. The people will be involved when given their chance to express their opinions on all aspects of the Republic. That requires an act of political leadership…
At the National Press Club in Canberra, Julia Gillard is asked about the Republic. She said “where the republic debate went wrong was that it became too much about what people like me think and not enough about what the…
Professor Larissa Behrendt of UTS Sydney says three rights should be added to the Constitution: due process before the law; equality; and freedom from racial discrimination. She also says that the current Constitution doesn’t protect basic human rights even though most people think that it…
The second Republic Short Story competition has been announced. There is a $500 prize for the winning entry on the theme of “Life and Death in an Australian Republic”. Entries close on 31 August. Contact: fiction@republic.org.au More info > Download: Competition Info and Entry Form [95KB, pdf]
