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.
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…
