In denial, the Eurocrats are saying the EU Constitution is not dead, notwithstanding its overwhelming rejection by the French. It does not matter that the French are saying No for reasons different from the...
The former NSW attorney general, and former Supreme Court judge, Jeff Shaw has joined the few federal politicians campaigning for a republic. The trouble is, his opinion column, “Finetuning a republic”, in the...
It’s that time of the year again. One “story” doing the media rounds is about the name Prince Charles may or may not choose when he succeeds to the throne.
The press seems to...
In the meantime, the Sydney Morning Herald put a curious slant on the C-in-C's visit to Iraq. We may wonder why it was published at this time.
The Governor-General and Commander- in- Chief Major General Michael Jeffery has spent Christmas with Australian troops in Iraq.
His Excellency was on a four-day tour which included a visit to the Special Air Service...
As we indicated in our last column, The Queen reflected on the humanitarian disasters of the year, and the achievements of communities in overcoming them in her Christmas Message to the Commonwealth broadcast on...
According to the London Daily Telegraph of 23 December, 2005, The Queen's Christmas speech this year will praise the generous humanitarian response shown to those affected by natural disasters and acts of terrorism.
According to James Button, writing in The Sydney Morning Herald on 20 December, 2005, when he began painting The Queen, Rolf Harris was worried: "It didn't look like The Queen at all…It was...
Just as Mr Peter FitzSimons and the republican movement are about to pin on their gold ribbons and launch the “My little mate for Head of State” campaign, one of the nation’s most prominent...
My attention has been drawn to an error in my report of 18 November, 2005 of the decision of Ashfield Council to remove the portait of The Queen on Rembrance Day, 2005 and to...
