Australian Republican Movement: an Australian republic is about Australia's future
ARM releases new policy
An Australian republic is about Australia’s future. It’s about our shared identity and place in the world. It will have a Constitution that reflects the sovereignty of the Australian people, so that any Australian citizen can aspire to the highest office in the land.
An Australian republic will embrace our egalitarianism and the concept of a fair go. It will honour and acknowledge our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage and cherish its culture, with its timeless connection to the Australian land and sea. It will recognise our British heritage and acknowledge its gifts, including our political and legal institutions. An Australian republic will celebrate our immigrant heritage of opportunity and endeavour and its contribution to our national identity. It will unite all Australians behind an Australian Head of State.
In a blow to those monarchists who have tried to claim the Governor General is Australia's head of state, the Queen has reasserted her claim on the title "head of state" of Australia by using it in the announcement of her address to the UN in July.
Read the full story here.
How the Australian media totally over-hyped Prince William's brief, modestly attended, Australian tour by ARM Media Director, David Donovan.
Read this story here.
Prince William's visit to Sydney and Melbourne last week came just as we were gearing up for Australia Day. The paradox of that visit for monarchist enthusiasts is that, despite all the spin generated by Buckingham Palace and a media pack lusting after stories about a young celebrity, the visit has fuelled the republican debate and laid bare the weaknesses of members of the Royal Family such as William as candidates for Australian Head of State.
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SOME who turned out for Prince William in Sydney and Melbourne this week thought they saw Lady Di's eyes. Others picked his mother's smile or her heart.
All very interesting. But don't imagine it has anything much to do with Australia's future. Even if William revives interest in the monarchy - and despite the hype the Australian crowds were modest - we have a while to wait until that translates into King William, Australia's head...
William’s tour – a tour by a 27-year-old who us not even next in line for the throne – will be a bonus for the ARM. It will remind Australians that every time a Royal condescends to visit our shores they make themselves part of our system again. Then, we are expected to get excited, tug the forelock and genuflect towards whoever it is as if we are an inferior class of human beings.
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Noel Pearson reflects much of what is in the ARM policy. As he says: "I hope for the day when an Australian Republic affirms that our country is built upon two foundation stones: the indigenous heritage, and the British heritage. An Australian Republic affirming our British heritage and the great migration success story that followed, would recognise that which was long denied: this continent was possessed of an ancient civilisation and still is."
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The Australian Republican Movement is happy to announce the winners of the 2009 Raffle which was drawn in Sydney, Saturday 5th December 2009.
The lucky winners of the 1st prize was Tricia Ryan and David Hutton of Holland Park West, Queensland.
2nd prize went to Luke Taper of Georgetown, NSW.
3rd prize winner was Alyson Fletcher of...
Despite not having visited Australia since he was 9 months old, Prince William will speak at an official Victorian Australia Day function in Melbourne on his 3 day trip to Australia just before flying back to England.
Read the full story here.
The Australian Republican Movement is in the news in England for objecting to the second in line to the Australian throne, Prince William, supporting England's bid to host the 2018 World Cup in preference to Australia's.
See the English press' article here.
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PRINCE Charles has claimed that the Royal Family is past its sell-by date and Australia should be made a republic.
Read more here.
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