Conservatives for an Australian Head of State are:

• a national organisation launched on 24 January 1999, aiming to give a voice to conservatively minded Australians who support a change to an Australian head of state, while retaining our current system of government;
• supportive of the Constitutional Convention's model appointing an Australian head of state, with no other changes in the way we are governed;
• opposed to any attempt to undermine state autonomy and the long-standing parliamentary systems and conventions which have served Australia so well;
• firmly of the view that it is time we took the final small, yet symbolic step, and chose an Australian as head of state;
• convinced there are a large number of cautious Australians, across the political spectrum, who share our view;
• actively promoting a YES vote at the referendum in November this year.

A YES Committee has been established by the government to oversee the publicly funded $7.5 million campaign to promote the YES case.

Prime Minister John Howard has appointed a representative of Conservatives for an Australian Head of State (CAHS), Professor Greg Craven of Western Australia, to the YES committee.

Founding members of the federal committee include:

• Professor Greg Craven
• Robert Champion de Crespigny
• The Hon Paul Everingham AO
• Charles Goode
• Paul Houlihan
• Michael Lishman
• Emeritus Prof Jack Richardson AO
• Andrew Robb
• Deane Russell
• Fiona Sinclair
• Professor Judith Sloan
• The Hon Warwick Smith
• The Hon Michael Yabsley

Links

• Friends of Conservatives for an Australian Head of State
• Vote YES Brochure - PDF Format (358k)
• A small, yet very important step for Australia - Speech by Andrew Robb
• Taking the final step - Speech by Andrew Robb

Contacting Conservatives for an Australian Head of State

Postal Address: GPO Box 3955, SYDNEY NSW 2001
Telephone: 0407 468 261
Facsimile: 02 9252 2331
Email: cahs99@yahoo.com.au

Authorised by Andrew Robb, Conservatives for an Australian Head of State, Sydney NSW 2000.