27
September 1999
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Republicans
are within reach of winning the November 6 referendum
on the republic, with the yes vote leading the
no vote nationally and in three States, but
still short of the required majorities.
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24
September 1999
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The
Treasurer, Mr Costello, has appealed to people
to vote for a republic even if they do not agree
with every detail of the proposed model.
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22
September 1999
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Senator
John Tierney says became a republican when President
Clinton toasted the Queen as Australia's head
of state in Canberra two years ago.
Lachlan Murdoch has publicly supported an Australian
Republic and said the Prime Minister should
be held accountable if the bid fails.
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21
September 1999
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Republicans
plan to concentrate their campaign for the YES
vote in the popular media, following research
showing that readers of broadsheet newspapers
will vote overwhelmingly for constitutional
change.
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18
September 1999
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No
rational person could believe that the governor-general,
rather than the Queen, was Australia's head
of State, former high court chief justice Anthony
Mason said yesterday.
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17
September 1999
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Keep
the crown, lose democracy, says Costello. Retaining
the monarchy for much longer could undermine
Australia's parliamentary democracy, says Peter
Costello.
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15
September 1999
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"The
Choice Before Us: Thoughts on the November Referendum",
National Press Club Telstra Address by The Rt
Hon Sir Zelman Cowen. Read the full address.
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14
September 1999
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'Yes'
accentuates the positive. Republicans will push
a simple, positive and deliberately short message
to sell Australians on a republic, according
to the official YES
case released yesterday.
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12
September 1999
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Anti-republicans
were yesterday forced to defend confidential
polling questions which assert that the flag,
currency and membership in the Commonwealth
would be jeopardised by Australia becoming a
republic.
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10
September 1999
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The
federal Attorney-General, Mr Daryl Williams,
has raised his profile in the republic debate
with a speech attacking 'extravagant' claims
by monarchists and reassuring voters about voting
yes on 6 November.
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9
September 1999
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Jiang hails Queen and has ACM on toast. Eight
words from the leader of the world's biggest
republic have revived one of the most contentious
issues at stake in the November referendum.
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8
September 1999
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The
republic debate was hotting up and those who
believed the No case would win by a landslide
could be in for a big surprise, former deputy
prime minister Tim Fischer said yesterday.
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6
September 1999
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MPs
feel republic pressure. There are reports that
Liberal MPs are being coerced into signing an
anti-republic treaty or face demotion in the
Howard government.
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2
September 1999
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Australia
must become a republic in November's referendum
if the nation was to put an end to widespread
misunderstanding about its place in the world,
Australia's former UN ambassador, Richard Butler,
said.
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