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…
WfaAR writes to the Prime Minister about adding “the republic” to the list of topics for the Australia 2020 summit to be held in Canberra 19-20 April. We state that at least half the 1000 participants should be women.
Lisa Pryor, a journalist with the Sydney Morning Herald says it’s time for us to “make a decision about the the kind of future we want as a state and as a nation. The time has come for structural reform,…
WfaAR writes to the Prime Minister about the appointment of the next Governor-General asking him to hold a public nomination process, appoint a small committee to assist him come up with the shortlist of nominations, at least half of which…
WfaAR is strongly critical of remarks made by former ARM head and now prominent parliamentarian, Malcolm Turnbull, that the catalyst for the republic will be the death of the Queen. The comments received unfortunately wide media coverage. We point out…
