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Will we Harry to a republic?

Fleur Bitcon, writing in the Herald Sun seems to think that "handsome" Prince Harry visiting Australia, as it seems he is planning to do later in the year, will stir up the republic debate. What do you think?

GG sees Australia becoming a republic

I would have loved to have seen the look on David Flint's face when he read this story.

Welcome to RR for June 2008

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Welcome back

From the Chair

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Dear Members, May was another busy and productive month.

REPUBLICAN GROUPS CALL FOR ACTION

Sydney, 20 May 2008 A meeting of republican groups in Sydney last weekend called on the Government to make an early announcement of the process leading to a decision by the people on Australia becoming a republic.

Foreign Minister: ‘Republic can wait’

By David Murray| 6 June 2008 MOST Australians do not want to create a republic while Queen Elizabeth II is still on the throne, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith has claimed. "It's our Government's policy that we move to an Australian republic but the Prime Minister has made it clear it's not something that he sees as being our first priority," Mr Smith said on a visit to London.

Queen's had her day: Barr

By Emily Sherlock| 8 June, 2008 IF ACT Education Minister Andrew Barr gets his way Canberrans may be celebrating their last Queen's Birthday long weekend. Instead of honouring our monarch we could soon be honouring our children, with the minister calling for the Queen's Birthday break to be renamed the Kids' Day long weekend.

Voters choosing president too risky: G-G

By Phillip Hudson | 14 June 2008 THE Governor-General, Michael Jeffery, says a directly elected president would be a "risk" to political stability and may lead to friction between the head of state and prime minister.

The CEF-A Mystery

By Dr Glenn Davies| 30 March 2008 The Governor-General is the Patron-in-Chief of the Constitutional Education Fund Australia (CEF-A), which financially supports an annual Governor-General's prize for undergraduate students.

Iceland: no presidential election

The Republican Movement of Aotearoa New Zealand | May 28, 2008 IcelandReview reports that President Ólafur Grímsson of Iceland has been re-elected, as no other valid presidential candidates submitted the required signatures of recommendation ran out last Friday. Article 5 of the Icelandic Constitution specifies a minimum of 1,500 signatures is required.
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