Ladies and Gentlemen: I give you… The Queen
When she received her Oscar as the best actress for her role in “The Queen”, Dame Helen Mirren held the statuette aloft and proclaimed: “I thank her because if it wasn’t for her I...
Toowoomba and the magic of monarchy
The ACM function in Toowoomba on Sunday 18 February 2007 was a great success. This was principally because of the wonderful work that the branch has been doing for many years among the youth...
Royal rendezvous triumph marred by republican mismangement
“TWO queens came to Sydney yesterday and their loyal subjects lost their heads,” Linton Besser and Ben Cubby wrote in their excellent report in The Sydney Morning Herald on 20 February 2007. “Crowds swarmed,...
Opposition promises to return Governor
The campaign to return the Governor to Government House Sydney is gathering steam. According to a letter from the Leader of the Opposition, the Hon Peter Debnam MP, read on the Alan Jones 2GB...
Constitutional monarchy: unequalled as a model for good government
When I was invited to a debate on the 1999 republic hosted by an inner city branch of the Liberal Party of Australia, my assertion that constitutional monarchies were among the world’s most advanced...
Suspicion confirmed: film intended as a hatchet job
Readers may recall that my first columns on the film The Queen were suspicious if not hostile. (Links to previous columns were posted here on 27 January, 2006) But having now seen it, I have...
Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more….
ACM supporters are fully behind the “Return the Governor to Government House” campaign, if the enthusiasm demonstrated at the launch on 9 February, 2007 is any...
Once more unto the breach,…
ACM supporters are fully behind the “Return the Governor to Government House” campaign, if the enthusiasm demonstrated at the launch on 9 February, 2007 is any indication. The campaign brochure is now being distributed...
Why Bob Carr Evicted Our Governors from Government House
There are three questions which need to be answered.
- Why did Bob Carr throw our Governors out of Government House?
- Why does the NSW government keep them out?
- Even Richard Butler lived in Government House,...
TV programme of the year
Republicans remain divided over the Commonwealth of Nations. Some think it a waste of time, and as we noted in this column on 5 September, 2006, some even wanted us to pull out of...
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