Janet Holmes a Court, businesswoman and prominent campaigner in favour of the republic said in Perth that the change required to shift to a direct election model was huge and would be difficult to achieve. She also said that the…
While the republicans absorbed the result, early analyses only were evident in discussing the referendum outcome focussed mainly on the conduct of the campaign, the adequacy of funding, the role of the Prime Minister and the difficulty in selling the…
WfaAR acknowledges the contribution and leadership of Kerry Jones from Sydney, Executive Director of Australians for a Constitutional Monarchy and chair of the NO campaign who was the leading woman in the debate. She did a difficult job, very well….
Both referendum questions fail. The NO vote for the republic was 54.2% nationally while over 60% voted against the Preamble recognising indigenous people, immigrants and our democratic system of government (with about 75% of the vote counted). Only one State…
Remember to vote and then follow the State and Territory count in the virtual tallyroom on the Electoral Commission’s website at www.referendum.aec.gov.au There is no actual national tally room for the first time. ABC TV will do two reports on progress during…
Big swing to the YES vote in Canberra, up to 70 percent, is recorded. However, the preamble is headed for defeat being described in the press as a casualty of the republic with only 30% support.
Richard McGregor writing in The Sydney Morning Herald reports that the yawning gender gap over the republic comes as no surprise to political professionals. Women see it bringing no practical benefits to their families and households and give it low priority. The…
Professor Marilyn Lake believes that many women are against the republic because they see the Queen as a maternal figure and that the gender of the monarch is almost certainly working against the republic. She also said that the presidential…
The polls show a swing in the direction of YES and that the vote is likely to be very close on Saturday.
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