The Commonwealth proved to be important
As we mentioned in a recent column, while republicans are united in wanting us to ditch our constitutional system, and most of them also want to tear down the Australian Flag, they are divided...
Why Bob Carr Ejected the Governor
In our last column, we pointed out that in his recent bombshell, former NSW Premier Bob Carr had undermined his successor.
The real reason for throwing the Governor out of Government House was not...
Why Carr did it
In our last column, we recalled Bob Carr’s ham-fisted decision tho throw the Governor out of Government House and make the office part time.
All of the alleged advantages of the decision - cost...
Carr’s bombshell: why he did that to the Governor
In a bombshell admission, the former NSW Premier, Hon. Bob Carr has thrown new light on his extraordinary decision to throw the Governor out of Government House.
In 1996, during the Keating led euphoria...
Arrest the Governor-General!… Paul Keating
When the former President of the Indonesian Republic, General Suharto, heard of the dismissal of Gough Whitlam, he asked our Ambassador why Mr. Whitlam just didn’t arrest the Governor-General.
It...
Mr. Whitlam and the reserve powers
24 November, 2005
Paul Kelly ( Lion on Road to Republic, The Weekend Australian, 12-13 November, 2005) writes that Mr Whitlam believed that the Governor –General had at some time, and in some place, lost...
Republicans Divided Over Commonwealth
While some republicans have decided to politicise the Commonwealth Games, the agenda of others is not only that we should leave The Commonwealth; it’s to kill it off.
The ...
“Republic vital” says Malcom Farr
22 November, 2005 Sydney Daily Telegraph columnist , Malcolm Farr, says a republic is the next vital constitutional step. I replied in this letter to the editor: Sir, So Malcolm Farr thinks a republic is...
How’s this for sedition?
This was the title of a provocative piece against the proposed new definiton of sedition written by Chas Savage for The Age on 24 October, 2004.
I came across it ,reproduced on the site...
The Republic And The Courts
Mr Beazley’s volte- face on the Latham Republic was surprising, and not well received among thinking republicans.
Even Senator Stott Despoja was concerned that Mr Beazley had indicated a preference...
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