Australian Republican Movement: an Australian republic is about Australia's future
ARM releases new policy
An Australian republic is about Australia’s future. It’s about our shared identity and place in the world. It will have a Constitution that reflects the sovereignty of the Australian people, so that any Australian citizen can aspire to the highest office in the land.
An Australian republic will embrace our egalitarianism and the concept of a fair go. It will honour and acknowledge our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage and cherish its culture, with its timeless connection to the Australian land and sea. It will recognise our British heritage and acknowledge its gifts, including our political and legal institutions. An Australian republic will celebrate our immigrant heritage of opportunity and endeavour and its contribution to our national identity. It will unite all Australians behind an Australian Head of State.
The Committee investigating the Green's Plebsicite for an Australian Republic 2008 bill produced a report that said the country needs more constitutional education.
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The report can be found here...
The leader of the Greens, Bob Brown, accused the Committee of not making a stand to avoid embarrassing the Government...
Great opinion piece that definitively rebuts the “wait for the Queen to die” argument and emphasises the real need for this constitutional reform before Britain makes changes to their succession rules, which has been much mooted in recent times.
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The article may be found here.
There have been a number of stories in the national papers this long weekend about the relevance of the Queen.
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A selection are below.
http://www.qt.com.au/story/2009/06/08/no-chance-of-republic-while-queen-is-still-alive/
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The Victorian Branch of the ARM has for some time being campaigning for a change to the parliamentary Oath of Allegiance to the Queen. Presently, Victorian members of parliament are required to swear their allegiance to the Queen, her heirs and successors. However our efforts have been persistently rejected by the Government.
Our submission to the Victorian parliamentary inquiry "Strengthening Government and Parliamentary Accountability in Victoria" resulted in the...
An Australian republic is about Australia’s future. It’s about our shared identity and place in the world. It will have a Constitution that reflects the sovereignty of the Australian people, so that any Australian citizen can aspire to the highest office in the land.
An Australian republic will embrace our egalitarianism and the concept of a fair go. It will honour...
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