The tide is turning
The Speaker of the Tasmanian Parliament and ALP member for Lyons, the Honourable Michael Polley has called on Tasmania’s Federal Government members to stand up for Tasmania and ensure that Prince Charles does visit...
Republic plan doomed, says Malcolm Turnbull
It always helps in life, particularly in matters relating to the future governance of this country, to know what people are actually thinking.
I recently dined in an Indian restaurant in Sydney’s Eastern suburbs. It...
Changing the succession?
The London newspaper The Observer of 12 December 2004 reports that three of the British Fabian Society’s recommendations on the monarchy have been included in the draft of a private members’ bill.
Lord (Alf)...
Lessons from the Ukraine and from our election
The crisis in the Ukraine reminded me that many of the former communist states decided to adopt constitutions which graft onto the Westminster system, where governments are responsible to Parliament, the office of an...
Eureka! Plan to use celebrities to promote republic.
You will have seen the excellent report from Diana Melleuish and Stephen Copeman on this site about the conference on Eureka. But the claims being made about Eureka, and the suggestion its anniversary supplant...
Prince Charles: a study in media ethics
Readers of the British and Australian press will recall that the Prince had been savaged not only by the media, but particularly by a politician, a Minister of the Crown, one Charles Clarke, the...
We are being watched!
On the fifth anniversary of the referendum, The Sydney Morning Herald of 6 and November 2004, reviewed the republican debate in cybersphere. Our site , it says, is a predictably regal affair. It noted...