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.

Click here for the full story

NOTICE: NATIONAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS 2010
NATIONAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS 2010   The ARM Constitution provides that “Not less than 6 and not more than 10 members (as determined by the National Committee) are to be elected every alternate 2 years by a national ballot of ARM members” (4.5 (b)).Similarly, one member of the Youth Wing is to be elected at the same time by a ballot of the members of the Youth Wing (4.5 (c)). The current members...
Can monarchists change? (by Peter Evans)
Peter Evans says that only by being conciliatory and listening, as opposed to belligerent and hectoring, will we able to convice reasonable monarchists. ...
South Pacific Poms (The Punch, 31/8/10)
Australia has its own identity, there is no question of that, says David Donovan. What it doesn’t have, while we have this umbilical cord link to a foreign power, is its own unambiguous Australian identity. Read the full story.
Neilsen poll: Two thirds of Australians want an Australian republic
A poll published in the Sun Herald today reported that support for a republic had slipped even though, consistent with previous polls on this issue, at least 63% of Australians support a republic, or around 2/3 of the population. The most recent extensive polling done on this topic...
Australian of the year says: “grow up Australia!”
The Australian of the Year, Professor Patrick McGorry, says Australia needs to become an adult nation and seek it’s “tryst with destiny” by becoming an Australian Republic. Professor McGorry, who became the 2010 Australian of the Year for his 25 years service in youth mental health, is speaking at the annual National Republican Lecture in Canberra tonight. In his speech, he says that he can see parallels between his work with youth and Australia’s path to full...
Aussies shouldn’t have to wait for a republic
Julia Gillard is right that Australia should ditch the monarchy. But we should do it now, not when the queen dies, writes Graham Smith.   Read the full story.
The arguments and tactics of “real monarchists”
The chair of the New Zealand Republican Movement, Lewis Holden, discusses the thinking of “real monarchists”and their motives. Read the full story.
Russians think Australia is still a British colony (Pravda, 18/8/10)
Many people think that the world knows that Australia is an independent nation and that having the British Queen as our head of state does not confuse anyone. Then along comes an article from Russia's most popular national newspaper, Pravda, in which all these assumptions are proven wrong, showing why it is essential Australia becomes a republic without delay. Reporting on Julia Gillards announcement this week that Australia should be a republic, Pravda says the following: ...
Liberals quietly go monarchist under Abbott (Crikey, 18/8/10)
Yesterday Julia Gillard declared her republican aspirations for Australia, saying that Australia should be a republic after the end of the Queen’s reign. Meanwhile, the Liberal Party under Tony Abbott appears to have quietly thrown its support behind the monarchy, according to a letter published on a monarchist website, said to be from the Liberals federal campaign director Brian Loughnane. The text of the letter, published on the official “Australians for Constitutional...
Leaders divided on call for republic (The Australian, 18/8/10)
TONY Abbott and Julia Gillard are at odds over whether Australia should become a republic. The Prime Minister vowed to lead a national debate and the Opposition Leader argued it would never happen in our lifetime. Ms Gillard's strong comments on a republic opened a wide difference between the leaders, with Mr Abbott, a staunch monarchist, claiming there was no interest in change and that Australians respect their institutions. Ms...

Upcoming Events