from overseas, a fiery blast from British feminist Beatrix Campbell is printed in The Guardian as part of its campaign for a referendum on the monarchy. Click here for the full text. Beatrix Campbell recently visited Australia. WfaAR comment: this is what we need…
Women attending the Women’s Electoral Lobby national conference in Canberra attended a session on the Centenary of Federation – is it time for a Women’s Constitution? Speaking were Sarah Brasch from Women for an Australian Republic, Marian Sawer, Gwen Gray…
Kerry Jones, Executive Director of Australians for a Constitutional Monarchy and leader of the NO campaign in 1999 launches her book titled: “The People’s Protest, The Story of Struggle Against the Republicans in Australia”. Mrs Jones will step down from…
At the first meeting of the new ARM National Council, Anne Witheford (ACT Convenor) and former Senator and Minister, Susan Ryan, were chosen as Deputy Presidents. Greg Barns now from Tasmania, former ARM and YES Campaign director, was elected as…
Monarchist Sophie Panopoulos wins pre-selection for a safe seat in Federal Parliament. She will contest Indi, located in north-eastern Victoria, for the Liberal Party.
in its first National Barometer, The Australian republishes Newspoll data on support for the republic at 52% from early April (see news update of 7 April for full details). The republic, however, does not appear in the list of issues…
Julie Bishop, Federal Liberal Member for Curtin WA, spoke at a seminar in Fremantle and said that the public education campaign run for the 1999 referendum was not inadequate nor politically motivated. She commented that the single most important reason…
Women have been very successful in being elected to the ARM’s new National Council and to Branch Councils, each of 11 members, in the States:National Council: Senator Natasha Stott Despoja, Susan Ryan (seven women stood out of 33 candidates for…
Professor Cheryl Saunders, who chaired the gathering, commented on the Youth Constitutional Forum held in Canberra which supported an Australian Head of State. She said, “in terms of the head of state, (the young people) were concerned that the symbol…
Robert Hughes, expatriate art critic and commentator has upset the monarchists with his opinion on the downing of the republic proposal as taking place in a moment of “folly, weakness and irresoluteness”. His views appear in an official souvenir program…
