Republican Stunts
The Queen’s Birthday brought out a series of republican stunts. One was the ownership of the ...
Laurie Oakes reproaches John Howard
Among the several things the Bulletin’s Laurie Oakes reproaches John Howard for, one is that we are not a republic.
That John Howard did what Paul Keating didn’t - actually let the people vote...
Philip Benwell attacks Governor-General; “Dont subvert the constitution”-“Fin Review
Mr Philip Benwell of the Australian Monarchist League has had two letters in the Herald, which is his right.
At the Convention the Monarchist League delegates refused, with the ACM delegates to vote “tactically”....
Republican movement faces cash crisis-cancels ball
"BROKE ARM PASSES THE HAT AROUND" – "ARM FACES CASH CRISIS"
It is with these headlines that The Australian and the Daily Telegraph of 12 October report that the ARM is facing a...
The senator and the “last” Governor-General
Surely it was all settled in 1999. Notwithstanding all the money, resources and propaganda that the new establishment used to browbeat the people – Australians clearly prefer their constitution to the alternative. And that...
The Australian editorialises for a republic
Just after the announcement of the appointment of the new Governor-General, The Australian’s editorial returned to the question of a republic. I responded with this letter; "Sir, I hope you will allow the following ...
Keating v. Menzies
In April, a wartime letter from Robert Gordon Menzies to our High Commissioner in London, Stanley Bruce was “found”. It formed the basis of an attack on one of the greatest and certainly most...