The ACM’s major effort to provide an intellectual basis for voting down the republic at the referendum is released (available at www.norepublic.com.au). The Sydney Morning Herald reports that the forward was written by Dame Leonie Kramer, Chancellor of the University of Sydney.
Deputy ARM chair, Wendy Machin, has a piece in the Opinion section of The Australian on why we owe it to our kids to vote YES on 6 November.
The Australian Electoral Commission’s referendum pamphlet can now be read at: www.referendum.aec.gov.au
Canberra runner Helen Palethorpe joins with a team of men as Team Republic in a community fun-run. The team is “running for the republic” resplendent in Vote YES, YES, YES T shirts. The team was pictured in last Monday’s Canberra Times practising…
a group of Perth women republicans launch the YES…and More campaign for WA in Perth. For more information about YES…and More, click here.
YES…and More supporter Dorothy McRae-McMahon of NSW is reported in The Australian as saying that she believes the ARM is open to having another Constitutional Convention even though she doesn’t think that it comes across very strongly because, “they want to project…
NSW Liberal Leader, Kerry Chikarovski, is facing a backlash from certain parts of her electorate after her announcement to back the YES case. One of her local branches is preparing to move a vote of no-confidence against her.
Australians for A Constitutional Monarchy has decided to drop personal attacks after consistently labelling republicans as Chardonnay elitists, boring speakers and cocktail smoothies leaving the way open for a Hitler-like dictatorship. ACM says it now intends arguing the merits of the…
Prime Minister refuses permission for Justice Minister, Senator Amanda Vanstone, to appear at a republican forum in Adelaide. He then asked Industry Minister, Senator Nick Minchin, to withdraw from the same event. The Government has decided that Liberal Ministers should…
All political leaders in Tasmania come out supporting the YES case at a public function in Hobart. Liberal Opposition leader, Mrs Sue Napier and Green MP, Ms Peg Putt were joined by the Labor Premier each pledging to back the…
