Susan Ryan, Deputy President of the ARM, gives a public lecture at Deakin University in its Women in Leadership series: “Daughters of Federation, Mothers of the Republic”. The main elements of the speech were reported in the Australian Financial Review the next…
Several women speak at the Constitutional Centenary Conference on progressive law reform and constitutional renewal held by the Australian Fabian Society in Melbourne. They are: Sarah Joseph from Monash University (“Political Advertising and the Constitution”); Linda Kirk from the University…
The Foreign Minister of Canada says that the country’s “foreign” sovereign (also the British monarch) should be replaced by a Canadian. His view is that the head of state should reflect Canadian diversity and be chosen by Canadians. If Canada…
At the ceremonies commemorating a century of Australian parliamentary democracy in Melbourne, women spoke about the republic. Democrats leader, Senator Natasha Stott Despoja in her first major public speech as leader of the party, singled out the republic as a…
Commenting on Peter Hollingworth’s appointment in a feature article in The Australian, Kim Rubenstein from Melbourne argues that men don’t have in inherent right to be the head of state and that women deserve a go at the top job. Read…
The Prime Minister does not name a woman as our next Governor-General. The person recommended to the Queen for appointment is Peter Hollingworth, Anglican archbishop of Brisbane who supported a minimalist republican model at the 1998 Constitutional Convention.
Debate about the future of the British monarchy has been reignited in the UK after a journalist tricked Sophie Rhys Jones, partner of the Queen’s youngest son, into making comments which were later published in the British press. WfaAR continues…
Cheryl Kernot (Federal Member for Dickson, Qld) says that younger people leading political parties in Australia will appeal to younger voters whom she says want the established parties to focus more on “the environment, reconciliation and a republican future” instead…
The Sydney Morning Herald carries the news that only 46% of 18 year olds are enrolled to vote (27% in NSW). Newspoll’s Sol Lebovic says that there are elements of conservatism among the youngest group of voters and the idea…
Travis John writing in The Australian describes gameshow host, Cornelia Frances, as “every Aussie republican’s loungeroom nightmare” saying that she is a pale imitation of the British television compere on which her role is based.
