is the start of National Constitution Week. Contact the Constitution Centenary Foundation in your State capital, Canberra and Darwin for details of many events and debates about the republic in August and September. See Events for further details.
The Australian features young women who attended the 1998 Constitutional Convention and who continue to play an active part in the debate on the November 6 referendum. Mia Handshin, a law student and 1999 Young South Australian of the Year,…
Latest Newspoll released in The Australian shows that 46 % of women surveyed (sample 1200, all States, city and country) were in favour of Australia becoming a republic; 39% were against and 15% were uncommitted. 43% of women surveyed had heard of…
The launch of Western Australia’s YES…and MORE campaign is announced. Women republicans in Perth associated with the State’s YES…and MORE campaign are Christina Gillgren, Judyth Watson and Julie Armstrong. Contact Christina at gillgren@carmen.murdoch.edu.au if you are interested in joining this group.
New Zealanders are warming to the idea of becoming a republic after a survey showed that support for a republic had doubled to 34 percent over the last 10 years, leading to the prediction that NZ would follow Australia’s example…
Senator Meg Lees, Leader of the Australian Democrats announces that she will be working for a YES/YES vote for both the republic and the preamble even though not all federal parliamentary members of her party shared this stance although all…
Penelope Layland writes in The Canberra Times about how a NO vote- which she cannot believe will happen – will galvanise her from 7 November to embrace all things monarchical, including learning how to curtsey. Her article is accompanied by a photograph…
The Opposition supports a YES vote for the preamble despite deep reservations about the wording on Indigenous peoples. They plan to seek another referendum to amend the wording to include “custodianship”.
Indigenous leaders unanimously calls for the question on the draft preamble to be dropped, saying that the new version was fundamentally flawed because it had failed to recognise the inherent and distinct rights of the first nations which have been…
Women’s groups condemn the new preamble for its lack of an equality clause led by Women’s Electoral Lobby. WfaAR comment: while we, in common with most politically active women’s groups, are bitterly disappointed about the lack of the equality clause, we…
