Reserve Powers of the Crown

Would our constitution have been different?

[In this fifth instalment of his essay on the 1975 dismissal of the Whitlam government, ...

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From the Convenor's Desk

The Royal Visit- details

Buckingham Palace has released details of the coming Royal Visit. These are published below. ...

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Knights & Dames

Nobel Prize – in New Zealand he would be offered a knighthood

Professor Brian Schmidt is Australia's latest Nobel Laureate, and he deserves our congratulations. His ...

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From the Convenor's Desk

Royal visit: republicans behaving strangely

Republican reactions to the Royal visit have included the republican movement promising “education events” in ...

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Media and Monarchy

Its time the Crown licensed the press

In an extraordinary call for control of the press, the Greens leader and  prominent republican  Senator ...

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Constitutional Monarchies and Republics Compared

Reputation

Constitutional monarchies make up only 15% of the countries of the world. But on ...

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