Republican Movement adjusts its approach
Interview by Linda Mottram with John Warhurst on AM more>

Plebiscite is no sure path to a republic
The obstacle to a republic is no longer any romance with Buckingham Palace but an Australian cultural divide about the meaning of republicanism and how to give effect to the sovereignty of the people. Article by Paul Kelly in The Australian. more>

Angela Shanahan: The queen is not above the law
The Queen and the butler is a very good story. What with sex, royalty, crime and the glamorous ghost of Diana still hovering, it has been a gift to the popular press. The Australian, more>

Editorial: Republic push must court consensus
In a world clouded by the threat of terrorism, war and economic turbulence, debating an Australian republic could be deemed inappropriate, or a bit of a yawn. The Australian, more>

Minimalist republic best: Vanstone
Family and Community Services Minister Amanda Vanstone yesterday rejected growing support for a directly elected president and urged fellow republicans to maximise their chances of success by supporting the smallest possible change to the Constitution. Article by Mike Steketee in The Australian. more>

Don't rush new vote: ARM
A second referendum on an Australian republic should not be held before 2009, according to Australian Republican Movement chairman John Warhurst. Article in The Australian. more>

Glyn Davis: Republicans will rise again
It's been three years since hopes of an Australian republic were defeated at the ballot box. A decade of work by republicans disappeared in flames. Article in The Australian. more>

Royal scandals fuel republic talk
The former head of the Australian Republican Movement, Greg Barns, has stepped up his attack on the British monarchy in the wake of Royal scandals. Article in The Australian. more>

Time to push for a people's republic
The dysfunctional nature of the British royal family, and its recent scandals, has stirred republican sentiments not only in Australia, but even in Britain. Editorial in
The Australian. more>

Australians want to elect president
Momentum for the direct election of the president in a republic is growing, with a new survey showing that monarchists as well as republicans overwhelmingly favour the option. Article by Mike Steketee, The Australian. more>

Queen is at odds with us
The recent trial of Paul Burrell, the former butler of Diana, princess of Wales, is an example of why it is that the British monarchy is utterly at odds with Australian values. Article in The Australian, by John Warhurst and Greg Barns more>

Why the Queen drags us all down
The monarch's personal conduct is a good advert for republicanism, writes Roy Hattersley in The Guardian. more>

Hollingworth again his own worst enemy
Peter Hollingworth is in the firing line again. Just as it appeared that the ill will towards the Governor-General, and his shortcomings, were diminishing in the public's mind, they have both dramatically resurfaced. Article in The Australian. more>

Dr Hollingworth condemned for not coming home
First there were raised eyebrows, now the beginnings of a strident debate about the absence of Australia's head of state, the Governor-General Peter Hollingworth, at a time of national mourning. Report on PM program - ABC Radio. more>

Republicans urged to stick together
The new chairman of the Australian Republican Movement, John Warhurst, dismissed Lindsay Tanner's attack on the movement yesterday as divisive and counter-productive. Article by Kirsten Lawson in
The Canberra Times. more>

The republic and revival
It cannot be denied that in the three years that have elapsed since the republic referendum the issue has failed to reclaim a place in the public imagination. Article by Ray Cassin in the Sunday Age. more>

Republicans Must Commit Themselves to a Long Haul
Republicans must win over country and suburban voters if we are to see an Australian Head of State, the Australian Republican Movement’s new chairman says.
Article by John Warhurst in The Sunday Telegraph. more>

Saving the republic from its friends
Lindsay Tanner's attack on the ARM was unfair, but he is right to call for a new start. Editorial Opinion piece in The Age. more>

To dream the impossible dream
Many still envisage an Australian republic, but there is no one to turn the dream to reality. Article by Shaun Carney in The Age. more>

New republican movement head to be sworn in tonight
The new head of the Australian Republican Movement (ARM) says he believes it may be a decade before the organisation will put its case to the electorate again. Article on abc.net.au. more>

Republican rivals must end the blame game
It galls to see a professional politician reprimanding ordinary punters for failing to resurrect the republic, writes Phil Cleary in The Age. more>

A few stars short of a republic
Lindsay Tanner seemed to be overcome by an attack of the Lathams when he stood up in parliament on Monday night to let loose with a tirade against the Australian Republican Movement. Article by Mike Steketee,
The Australian. more>

Partisan games will never get us a republic
Lindsay Tanner has got his facts wrong on the Australian Republican Movement, write Greg Barns and Jim Terrie. Article in The Age. more>

Republicans, ALP deeply divided
Deep divisions have emerged between the Australian Republican Movement and the Labor Party, with key figures in the ARM accusing the Opposition of abandoning the fight for constitutional change. Article by Michael Millett in The Sydney Morning Herald. more>

Rich and famous jibe way off
Labor frontbencher Lindsay Tanner put on his bovver boots to give the Australian Republican Movement a late-night kicking in Parliament this week. Article by Mark Day in The Daily Telegraph. more>

Turnbull leaves a broken ARM
The Australian Republican Movement has broken with its past with the departure of Malcolm Turnbull as its driving force and the appointment of Canberra academic John Warhurst as its new chair. Article by Mike Steketee,
The Australian. more>

ARM rejects rich play-thing tag
The Australian Republican Movement (ARM) today rejected claims it was a play-thing of the rich and famous, saying its leadership posts were open to election by its members. Australian Associated Press General News. more >

Republicans remain split
Article by Michael Gordon in The Age
Almost three years after defeat of the republic referendum, supporters of change remain divided on what form of republic they want, a survey of members of the Australian Republican Movement has found. more>

States mute republican cry
Article by Mike Steketee in The Australian.
It was July 1992 and Paul Keating felt a republic coming on over curry with his staff in Canberra. more>

Options sought for selecting state governors
The Australian Republican Movement's Queen's Birthday statement addresses the subject of state governors. It calls on ''state premiers, all of whom are republicans, to democratise the method of selection for state governors''. Article by Professor John Warhurst, The Canberra Times. more>

A case of heir yesterday, gone tomorrow
In that marvellous British political drama series, House of Cards, the anti-hero, Francis Urquhart notes Margaret Thatcher’s resignation as Prime Minister with the words, ‘Nothing lasts forever.’ Article by Greg Barns, Australian Financial Review. more>