Canadian comment on ” crowned republic”
The use of the term “crowned Republic” as a synonym for constitutional monarchy has been described as “very smart politics” by Birkenhead in a comment on a leading Canadian site. This has come just...
“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.]
John Howard & the Crowned Republic: the broadsheets
There would be no move towards an Australian republic while the Queen remained on the throne, says former prime minister John Howard. He was not saying a politicans' republic would follow the reign; rather...
10 years on: still a crowned republic
On the tenth anniversary of the landslide defeat of the referendum, Young ACM spokesman Jai Martinkovits explains why Australians, especially the young, are not interested in the nation becoming a politicians' republic. They much...
People’s Republic; lessons from a Crowned Republic
Contrasting politicians’ republics with crowned republics before the Senate Inquiry into a bill to hold a plebiscite at the next election, Senator Bob Brown suggested to me another form of republic, a people’s republic....
East Timor, Afghanistan and Iraq: crowned republics?
The Hon. Nicola Roxon, now Federal Minister for Health, once claimed, from opposition, that constitutional monarchy was never suggested as an option for governance in recent years in Timor, Afghanistan or Iraq. Readers...
Tony Abbott: 2020 still a “crowned republic”
Tony Abbott was a senior minister in the Howard government. A man of strong principle, a considerable communicator, written and oral, with a striking presence, it was evident years ago that Tony Abbott was...
Crowned Republic: Canadian praise, NZ republican outrage
That vibrant Canadian site, The Monarchist, recently published a Canadian view of our Crowned Republic, causing outrage among New Zealand republicans. Written by Beaverbrook, the following comment appeared on 29 July 2009 under the...
Crowned republic: republican concern
There are two things people tell me about ACM. First we are consistent. Second we have a formidable publications programme, exceeding the output of all other protagonists in the debate, for or against. We...
“We are already a republic; a crowned republic,” say Michael Kirby…and John Howard
Despite the landslide vote against their preferred republic in 1999, the republican politicians insist the people must keep on voting – until they get it right. Since 1994 there have been six major inquiries...
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