At a laid-back republican gathering and sausage sizzle held at the site of Williamstown lifesaving club – aka the Pearl Bay courthouse in Seachange – Huong Truong, a Year 10 student from Victoria said,” I reckon an Australian should be…
The Australian correctly labels the choice on 6 November as “Royalty or the Republic”. It also reports that Cathy Freeman, well known Australian indigenous athlete, has publicly announced that she is for the republic.
The Australian features six women in 13 vox pops on the republic. One from WA supports the republic; one from Queensland is undecided but probably YES; one from WA is undecided and the remaining three are intending NO voters. On the…
A Newspoll survey shows that only 14 percent of voters (no gender dissection provided) approved of the model for selection of the President being put to the referendum. The Australian reports that an overwhelming majority of republicans and 50 percent of all…
One Nation Senator Len Harris said discussion about the Windsors was usually emotional and of no substance but “behind the guff in women’s magazines was a reality that the royal family constitutionally protected Australian citizens”. Senator Harris does not shy…
Huge last minute surge in people enrolling to vote for the referendum. The number of registered voters is estimated at about 12.2 million.
Labor Member for Canberra, Bob McMullan, calls on the Prime Minister to pull his republic “henchmen”, Tony Abbott and Nick Minchin, into line for spending too much time on the republic.
University of Sydney Chancellor and staunch monarchist, Dame Leonie Kramer says that it is unfortunate that the republican debate is being held in “an age of slogans and three-sentence snatches for television”. Reported in The Australian.
Mr Getano Lui, chair of the Torres Strait Islands Coordinating Council urges his people to boycott the referendum in protest against Australia’s failure to heed the demands of the people of the Torres Strait for autonomy. The islands of the…
The official cases for YES and NO are now being delivered to all registered voters – this is a 72 page booklet issued by the Australian Electoral Commission explaining the YES and NO cases on the Republic and the Preamble.
