The Senate Inquiry into the Republic has not yet called for public submissions. An issues paper is being developed to facilitate submissions. For further details check the website at www.aph.gov.au/senate_legal . Public hearings will take place early next year. In the meantime,…
A wide-ranging interview on the republic and how it will benefit women is given by Women for An Australian Republic’s Sarah Brasch, for broadcast on national community radio. The discussion touches on the large number of issues which have arisen…
At the Jessie Street National Women’s Library in Sydney, University of Wollongong academic, Jane Innes, argues that by most criteria Australia is already a republic and poses the question: how and when will we manage to transcend the last fragment…
Allison Henry of Sydney is appointed the National Director of the Australian Republican Movement, the first woman to hold the post. Allison’s background is in law and international relations. She has mostly recently been the Convenor of ARM in New…
Terms of reference for the Senate Inquiry into the Republic are announced. Please note that the Committee has not yet called for public submissions – further updates will be provided on this website as they come to hand.
The Australian Labor Party will conduct a postal ballot in October to elect its next president and two vice-presidents. The ALP has 45,000 members nationally who can participate in the first election for senior office holders (reported by Mike Steketee…
Dr Pat O’Shane describes the Australian constitution as “flawed and grossly inappropriate”. She said that our system of government is not defined and that this is useful to politicians who manipulate people by keeping them ignorant about the constitution. She…
The Australian Democrats (spokesperson on the republic: Senator Natasha Stott Despoja) and the Australian Labor Party announce they will establish a Senate Inquiry to examine the best way for Australia to become a republic. The Inquiry will seek community feedback…
The Australian Republican Movement launches six versions of a preamble to a republican constitution by Australian authors – three are by women: Delia Falconer, Dorothy Porter and Leah Purcell. Not one of the six affirms and states “the equality of women and…
The Sydney Morning Herald interviews 50 “prominent” people, 14 of whom are women (click here), and asks them how the Governor-General should be chosen and their choice for the job. Women nominated were Lowitja O’Donoghue (former chair of ATSIC); Mary Gaudron (recently…
