Frank Devine says Australia will become a republic on the accession of Prince Charles ( “Kinky King Charlie to get our republic across the line,” The Australian 28 November, 2008). But republicans, unable to...
The New South Wales NSW Attorney-General, John Hatzistergos, recently strongly criticised the High Court judge Justice Michael Kirby. He was referring the judge's support for a charter of rights and his argument that the...
“ Never trust a journalist,” warned the proprietor, “ even ones from around here.” I thought of this when I saw the letter from Sir Robert Menzies’ daughter, Mrs. Heather Henderson, in The Australian...
The recently elected New Zealand Prime Minister John Key has said a republic is inevitable ( this column 12/11), which indicates he has obviously not properly considered the question. But as they warned...
“Sydney is sliding from a joke to a disaster, and it's taking the rest of us with it,” declared Andrew Bolt in “State of chaos drags us down,” The Herald Sun 14 November). Sydney’s...
When we suggested here on 18 November that Liberals politicians, in particular the Federal Deputy Leader Ms. Julie Bishop, are unwise to go on preaching about some vague undefined republic, we illustrated this with...
Apparently the republican movement has learned that telling the people how they should change Australia into a politicians’ republic doesn’t work. D. D. McNicoll in his popular Strewth column in the Australian on 19...
"Have you wondered what Opposition Deputy Leader and shadow treasurer Julie Bishop thinks about an Australian republic?” asks D. D. McNicoll in his popular Strewth column in The Australian, 18 November, 2008. He continued:...