Michelle Grattan writes that even if the Prime Minister does want a republic, he knows that he must tread carefully and ensure that the momentum for change comes from the people not the Government. She thinks some Labor Ministers are…
WfaAR submits three ideas papers to the 2020 Summit. See also the 2020 Summit site at www.australia2020.gov.au (Topic 9 Governance). Download: Women’s Vision for Australian Government in a Republic in 2020 [12KB, pdf] Download: Women’s Manifesto for the Republic [10KB, pdf] Download: Top 10 Ideas for Fast-Tracking the Republic [12KB, pdf]
The Age’s Michelle Grattan accompanying the Prime Minister on his first overseas trip writes from London that the PM is ‘king of cool on the republic” because he would not say that he would push for Australia to become a…
WfaAR is disappointed by George Williams’ article in the Sydney Morning Herald, “Frozen Continent” [SMH 29/30 March 2008], in which he talks down the prospects of the Government’s list of items for constitutional change, particularly those of the Republic. Professor…
Professor Kim Rubenstein, Director of the Centre for International and Public Law at the ANU and adviser to WfaAR, delivers the Dymphna Clark Lecture at the Manning Clark House annual Weekend of Ideas. She talked about a “republic of equals”,…
No active women republican advocates are invited to attend the 2020 Summit. In fact, there’s only one male republican activist among the 85 people in the Governance Group
WfaAR writes to the Prime Minister offering to canvass our ideas with him for implementing the Republic. We say that we do not confine our interests to the best method for selecting the head of state but see the adoption…
Professor Larissa Behrendt of University of Technology Sydney says in an opinon piece in the National Indigenous Times that the unfinished business of the Australian Republic is the perfect opportunity to settle “other outstanding matters”. She writes that Australia “will…
A group of women advocates for the republic writes to the Prime Minister with suggestions for making the selection process for the Governor-General more open and more transparent. They suggest a website for nominations from the public with guidelines for…
National Apology to the Stolen Generations Day and the first step towards Reconciliation – a very inspiring and heartening occasion. Surely, a country reconciled between black and white will be the Commonwealth reconstituted as a Republic. That is WfaAR’s fervent hope…
