The Federal Government’s youth advisory body comes out overwhelming in favour of an Australian Republic. 40 of the 50 delegates at the Youth Roundtable meeting in Canberra said they are in favour of an Australian head of state to be…
Lady Bjelke-Petersen, president of Queenslanders for Constitutional Monarchy, believes that the crisis in East Timor will convince Australians to vote NO in the referendum on 6 November. She adds that the referendum was certain to fail in Queensland, claiming that…
The Sydney Morning Herald reports on republican feeling in Queensland. Quoted is Mrs Betty Smout whose husband’s brother, Ted now 101, is a founding father of the Australian Republican movement in Queensland. She says that she feels strongly about Australia…
There is one important voice missing from the debate on the republic – the churches. So says Ms Margaret Hardy, a PhD student at the Australian Catholic University in a September edition of the ANU Reporter – read her comments
The ARM launches its grassroots campaign and its YES colours – green and gold: a bottle green “yes” in handwriting over the white stars of the Southern Cross on a gold background. The launch was by Hazel Hawke and Ron…
The Australian reports the views of Liberal Party republicans printed in the Liberal moderates magazine “Options”. One of the contributors is Mrs Christine Gallus, Member for Hindmarsh (SA). In her essay, Mrs Gallus writes, ” I want a Head of State…
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…
