Happy 108th Birthday, Australia
As we celebrate the New Year, 2009 AD, we Australians should also remember that on 1 January 1901 the Commonwealth of Australia was established.
We have something more...
A nice try, but it won’t work. Support for a politicians’ republic is still collapsing
It’s the oldest trick in the business, a selective leak. Alongside the use – or rather the misuse of the wealth of the state for political purposes, the politicians try to control the free...
Human rights, Mugabe and a politicians’ republic
"Gerard Henderson takes the Federal Attorney-General Robert McClelland to task for skewing the composition of the committee established to consult Australians on whether this country should have a Charter of Rights ("Balance missing from...
The Pope, the BBC, and that “very close to outright lie”
The BBC appears to be the source of the misrepresentation of the Pope’s recent speech to the Roman Curia (this column, 27/12). That misrepresentation has been taken up by most of the world’s media....
A pardon for former judge Marcus Einfeld? Yet another reason to become a politicians’ republic
Reasons advanced to remove the Crown from our constitution have included improving the economy, impressing Asia, encouraging the arts and avoiding being a laughing stock overseas. The...
The first Royal Christmas Broadcast
"With a hoarse voice as if roughened by weather, King George V delivered the first Royal Christmas Broadcast – written by author and poet Rudyard Kipling – from a study at Sandringham House, Norfolk,...
Media mischief: BBC report on Pope: ” very close to outright lie” – Channel 4’s Christmas message
What is going on in the London media, in particular among British public broadcasters ? Not only has a British public broadcaster invited Iranian President Ahmadinejad to give their alternative Christmas message, the BBC has mischievously...
Royal Family Princes William and Harry with The Queen
According to the official website, Sandringham is the much-loved country retreat of Her Majesty the Queen, and has been the private home of four generations of British monarchs since 1862. As King George V...
The Queen’s Christmas Message 2008 Preview
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