Media Releases

ARM Press release: Prince William and Australia (18/1/10)

Submitted by davdon on Mon, 18/01/2010 - 15:28
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Australian Republican Movement MEDIA RELEASE Prince William and Australia 19 January, 2010   The second in line to the title ‘King of Australia’, Prince William, is due to arrive in Australia today for just the second time, the only other being when he was 10 months old.

Our 2020 response

Submitted by michelle on Thu, 23/04/2009 - 14:03
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MEDIA RELEASE – Thursday, 23/4/2009 AN AUSTRALIAN REPUBLIC—“APPROPRIATE REFORM” The Australian Republican Movement expressed its regret that, in its response to last years 2020 Summit recommendations, the Government has made no firm commitment to the issue with the strongest support at the gathering—an Australian republic.

No more stalling - It's time for a Republic

Submitted by michelle on Fri, 03/04/2009 - 09:55
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MEDIA RELEASE NO MORE STALLING - IT'S TIME FOR A REPUBLIC It is time for Australia to become a republic. The Governor-General has now joined the Prime Minister and Opposition leader in acknowledging that a republic is our future. The Australian Republican Movement today applauded the Governor-General for expressing her support for an Australian republic, but noted the odd situation in which she finds herself.

10 years on, 59% want republic

Submitted by davdon on Fri, 06/11/2009 - 07:51
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MEDIA RELEASE 10 years on, 59% want republic 06 November 2009 On the 6th of November 1999 the world was a far different place. John Howard was Prime Minister and Bill Clinton was in the White House. Most of Gen Y were still in primary school. The average wage was just $33, 341. You could buy an average suburban home in Sydney for $285,000 and in Brisbane for less than half that. There was no GST. There were no iPods, let alone iPhones. Only 25 per cent of Australian households were connected to the internet. In 1999, the World Trade Centre was still standing.

ARM media release: 'How about a head of state that supports Australia at sport?'

Submitted by davdon on Thu, 03/09/2009 - 12:14
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MEDIA RELEASE HOW ABOUT A HEAD OF STATE THAT SUPPORTS AUSTRALIA AT SPORT?

ARM is not anti-Commonwealth (Media release - 27/7/09)

Submitted by davdon on Mon, 27/07/2009 - 14:39
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  A recent survey by the British polling organization YouGov has found that only one third of Australians would be sorry if Australia abandoned the Commonwealth of Nations. Australian Republican Movement (ARM) supports the Commonwealth and says that Australia will remain a part of the Commonwealth after becoming a republic.

Queen's Birthday Irrelevant, let's celebrate something important

Submitted by davdon on Thu, 11/06/2009 - 15:00
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  QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY IRRELEVANT – LET’S CELEBRATE SOMETHING IMPORTANT   Sixty-five per cent of Australians responding to the realholiday.com.au survey said that celebrating the queen’s birthday is no longer relevant to multicultural Australia.   But most also said that getting rid of the long-weekend would be “un-Australian”.