Flag desecration
On 27 March, 2006, the Hon. Bronwyn Bishop introduced into the House of Representatives a private members bill, the Protection of the Australian National Flag (Desecration of the Flag) Bill, 2006. The bill would...
Don Chipp AO 1925 – 2006
The contributions of Don Chipp AO to Australian political life and to the maintenance and strengthening of our democracy are many. Born into...
The Princes and the media
So two young men went out to dance and be with friends. What is newsworthy about that, even if they are princes? So why were the media in such frenzy? And did you notice...
150th anniversary of secret ballot-Australia’s gift to the world
“Sunday, 27 August 2006, is the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of a great Australian innovation which has been copied around the world – the Australian secret ballot, or as it is often just...
Federation…concluded
Australia is one of the oldest federations in the world. It has too long been afflicted with a sickness that the founders of the United States warned against, technically known as “vertical fiscal...
Federation
‘We need a new vision splendid’, wrote Democrat Senator Andrew Murray in The Age of 11 July, 2006....
Maori Queen, Dame Te Atairangikaahu ONZ, DBE, 1932-2006
It would have been difficult not to have been both saddened and impressed by the funeral in New...
Landslide vote for constitutional monarchy
Maurie Evans, the Convener of the Gold Coast Branch advises that the News Limited newspaper (that is a Murdoch newspaper), The Gold Coast Bulletin, conducted a poll on 14 and 15 August, 2006....
The Right of Reply The King Never Had
HIS MAJESTY KING CHARLES I - CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCH,
MARTYR AND SAINT
“The Right of Reply The King Never Had”
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Monarchist Confession
The Australian’s widely read political gossip column STREWTH , currently written by Nick Leys and Andrew Fraser, revealed an amusing side to Canberra life. (This was published on Friday, 18 August, 2006.) Under the...
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