A bookmaker in the Northern Territory has the monarchists 8-11 favourites to beat the republicans in Australia’s first legal betting market on a referendum. Despite the NO case being favourite overall, the bookmaker also has the YES getting up in…
Senator Amanda Vanstone from South Australia criticises the “bullying and belittling” now evident in the republican debate. She said that the country needs discussion “that persuades and inspires rather than people who are adept and experienced at head-kicking using those…
YES committee spokeswoman, Wendy McCarthy called on the Federation of Australian Commercial Television Stations to withdraw its authorisation for the NO case advertisements. Republicans are complaining that the anthem being used by the NO case is misleading. From The Canberra Times.
Both younger voters and mothers with young children at home are being targeted by the YES and NO camps as key voters on 6 November. Women at home are believed to be more wary of change and want convincing that…
At a republic debate organised by The Australian at Ipswich Qld, Cheryl Kernot, opposition spokesperson on employment, said that the proposed change to a republic would provide Australia with an even safer constitutional system. She said that the change was not a…
Will you be away from home on 6 November? – prepoll voting has already commenced, contact your nearest Australian Electoral Commission office. If you can’t wait to have your say on the republic, try one of these sites for republic…
Women for an Australian Republic notes the decided lack of female voices and opinions on the republic in the mainstream print and electronic media.
Our Head of State lacks influence in her own country; the Queen referred to as “the British state figurehead” is not the most powerful woman in the United Kingdom. Good Housekeeping magazine has released its list of the 100 most influential women…
The Prime Minister’s residence at Kirribilli in Sydney is open to the public for inspection. One woman visiting commented that she thought it was a monarchist plot to let everyone through one month before the vote on the republic.
Hazel Hawke warns that is it “just plain dopey” for Australians to retain the monarchy. Read Hazel’s other comments in Women Say.
