Prince Charles is Irrelevant to Australia…

So begins Jennifer Bradley’s letter to The Canberra Times.  She concludes by saying, “It’s more than time for Australia to become a republic”. Read the full text of Jennifer’s letter by clicking on the link. Download: Letter to The Canberra Times [49KB, pdf]

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People’s Republic of Mallacoota

A six part reality TV show premieres on the ABC about what happens when a group of people in this 2019 bushfire ravaged small coastal town take charge of their own future and decide to plan, organise and govern themselves…

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WfaAR Meets with Real Republic

WfaAR National Convenor, Sarah Brasch, talks with representatives of Real Republic (Lindsay Marshall and Peter Johnstone) in Brisbane in a very broad-ranging discussion covering stances on the Republic referendum, possibilities for moving things along if there is a change of…

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…and Getting Worse

More difficulties are besetting our Head of State and her family. Meghan and Harry have departed for the beaches of California and private lives making allegations of racism; favoured son Andrew, peering over his tortoise-shell half glasses and now excluded…

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People’s Republic of Western Australia

So said former Liberal Minister for Foreign Affairs and one-time PM aspirant, Julie Bishop – a strong republican – describing her escape when she launched the campaign for the Liberal member for Wentworth in Sydney ahead of the 2022 federal…

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Republican Result from Platinum Jubilee Tour of Caribbean

At the end of William and Kate’s tour to a number of Commonwealth countries in the Caribbean that had the objective of marking and celebrating the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, things quickly unravelled into discussions of colonialism, slavery, reparations and open…

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ARM’s Shift to Direct Election is Long Overdue

WfaAR writes to The Canberra Times to add to the early commentary on ARM’s “new” model for the Republic. We applaud ARM’s move but think it’s been rather too long coming as most others had moved on after the 1999…

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ARM’s publishes Referendum Model

After two years of discussions, polling and surveying, the Australian Republican Movement issued its new position on the vote for an Australian Head of State called the “Australian Choice” model exactly a fortnight before Australia Day on 26 January. ARM…

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Platinum Jubilee Overkill

In a completely pointless move, the Prime Minister announces that a tiny, human-made mound in Lake Burley Griffin – on which the British Government’s 1963 gift of The Carillon for the 50th anniversary of Canberra is sited – would be…

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Final Independence Referendum in New Caledonia

The third and final independence referendum goes down by a very big margin in New Caledonia with 96.5 percent of formal votes rejecting the proposition. This was unexpected after 57 percent against in 2018 and 53 percent against in 2020….

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