Dr Brendan Nelson, Federal Minister for Education, in the Dame Pattie Menzies Oration http://www.dest.gov.au/Ministers/Media/Nelson/2005/04/Speech180405.asp, has recalled the essential role of the Crown in our Constitution.

The power wielded by The Queen resides, he said,...

It seems the Governor of Queensland is being kept waiting for important information which she requested long ago from the government, and some fear her independence is under challenge. And the republican movement  now...

As the last traces of the sun disappeared, and the sky darkened, I slipped across the harbour from the Sydney Convention Centre in a water taxi, my very first use of this exotic and...

It is clear that many in the modern media have an agenda, and that is an agenda for change. They are quite prepared to use the news, and not just comment , to advance...

The frenzy is turning to fury. The penny has dropped. The republican movement, with their foreign allies who want to poke their nose in Australian affairs, are beginning to realize that the wedding was...

Well. Anyone who has been near the organization of a wedding knows there are always glitches. And this one was no exception. The republicans thought they were on a winner, the politicians thought they...

The biassed and completely wrong interpretation of the effect of the Royal Wedding on Australians so encouraged the ARM to think victory is close, they announced they had joined up with some foreign republicans...

The wedding went off well, most Australians wished them a happy life together, there were no demonstrations in the streets calling for a republic, and while Australians move on, a small disgruntled republican movement...