UMR Research releases an update of its November 2008 poll on the republic. 45 percent of women support; 32 percent oppose (compared with 57 percent to 28 percent of men). 46 percent of women support a referendum in the next…
Republican Gathering 5 media statement is released. Groups attending agreed to meet in future under the banner: Coalition of Australian Republicans. The next meeting will be held at the Gold Coast during 2010 convened by Real Republic Ltd (later cancelled). Download: Media…
The annual Republican Gathering (this is the fifth one since 2005) takes place in Melbourne organised by members of Women for an Australian Republic, Judith Brooks and Anne Winckel, and ARM Victoria. WfaAR representatives presented papers on a number of…
Professor David Flint, Chair of Australians for a Constitutional Monarchy, reveals his selective hearing and fertile imagination during WfaAR’s evidence at the Senate Inquiry (see News item immediately below). He describes our representatives on ACM’s website as “two serious ladies from an organisation I had…
Women for an Australian Republic gives evidence to the Senate Committee inquiring into the Greens’ bill for a single question plebiscite (non-binding vote) on the republic at the next federal election – Do you support Australia becoming a republic? Other…
The Government announces action on nine recommendations out of nearly 1000 ideas put forward at the 2020 Summit held in April 2008. The strongly supported move to a republic was not one of them. On this subject now under the…
The Governor-General, Quentin Bryce, agrees with the Prime Minister that Australia will become a republic. She described the move as a “development of our democracy in future decades”.
Plans are afoot in England to change the rules of succession to give women equal rights to ascend the throne. Legislation has been introduced into the British Parliament by Evan Harris, a Liberal Democrat MP. Interestingly, if passed, it will also…
In an official media release on his website, the Prime Minister refers to the Governor-General as “Australia’s Head of State”. This is either republic by stealth (a good sign) or someone has had a rush of blood to the head…
WfaAR is described as “a thoughtful contributor to public inquiries on the Republic” in a talk by Professor John Warhurst, Deputy Chair of ARM, part of the Senate Occasional Lecture Series at Parliament House, Canberra. The subject of the lecture was the…
