The Oath of Allegiance
"I, ANTHONY JOHN ABBOTT, do swear that I will well and truly serve the people of Australia in the office of prime minister and that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to...
“Some of us believe that Australia is already a form of republic under the Crown: a "crowned republic". Australia now enjoys all the desirable features of a republican government and a constitutional monarchy without any disadvantages of either system. Agitation for change is unnecessary, irrelevant, divisive and distracting.”The ACM Charter, drafted by former High Court judge, Michael Kirby. In this way many prominent constitutional monarchists and some prominent republicans, including judges , professors, senior lawyers and politicians use this terminology or consider it acceptable. They include John Howard, Michael Kirby, Tony Abbott, and Justice Ken Handley.Read more See also: Constitutional Monarchies and Republics compared [The Crowned Republic is the name of the ACM's education site which can be accessed here.]
Government changes peacefully
One of the very few countries where for well over one and a half centuries, governments in Australia have changed without violence, coups, revolutions and dictatorships. We have just seen this in Canberrra, where,...
An elective monarchy
Under international law the Vatican City is a state. It is distinct from the Holy See, the episcopal jurisdiction of the Catholic Church in Rome. The Bishop of Rome enjoys a primacy over other...
Our crowned republic
The Australian published a reply to their editorial on 7 February under their heading, " Our crowned republic": You say in your editorial praising the Queen (6/2) that a different monarch would almost...
Alan Jones Thanks John Howard 10 Years On – “The Crowned Republic”
{youtube}iEoDFWuMyfE{/youtube} On the 10th Anniversary of the 1999 republican referendum landslide, Australia's leading broadcaster Alan Jones AO moves the vote of thanks to former Prime Minister John Howard on the delivery of his address:...
Republic: Crowned or Politicians’
The respected columnist Gerard Henderson takes issue in his syndicated column (18/10) with my comment on Channel 10’s Meet the Press (16/10) that Australia is "already a republic … we're a crowned...
Australia a crowned republic – leading republicans agree.
This is a further report in our section on the Crowned Republic, a term preferred by many experts to describe the present constitutional system. This may be compared with various proposals for some form of politicians'...
Another leading republican declares Australia already republic
In many respects, Australia, like the United Kingdom, is already a republic, declares Alan Fenna , Professor of Politics at the John Curtin Institute of Public Policy, Curtin University in a volume published in...
Haka for the crowned republic
The Guardian has published (15/1) a long article on Prince William’s visit to New Zealand and Australia, “Prince William embarks on first official tour – a three-day visit to New Zealand.” (15/1) The report...
The Crowned Republic works- and it’s ours
“It works and it's ours,” says Tony Abbott of the Australia’s Federal Commonwealth under the Crown, our Crowned Republic. Tony Abbott, now Her Majesty’s Leader of the Federal Opposition, was speaking to a meeting...
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