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What would King Charles mean for the monarchy, Australia and the republican movement?

Image: Chris Jackson/AAP This week’s Platinum Jubilee marks 70 years of Queen Elizabeth II’s reign over “the people of the United Kingdom, the Realms and...

The republic debate is back (again) but we need more than a model to capture Australians’ imagination

Image: Chris Jackson/AP/AAP The Australian Republic Movement has just released their preferred model for a republic. It would see Australia’s parliaments nominate candidates for head of state, who...

There’s a strong case to be made for constitutional monarchies. But there’s no case for one in Australia

  Picture: AAP/AP/Frank Augstein The basic defence of constitutional monarchies came from the British writer Walter Bagehot 150 ago. He argued for a separation between the ceremonial...

After Oprah: what will it take to revive an Australian republic?

 Picture: Alastair Grant/AP/AAP Oprah Winfrey’s brilliantly stage-managed “tell-all” interview with Meghan Markle and Prince Harry was for viewers, advertisers and the three participants, a tremendous success. For the...

Prince Harry’s decision to ‘step back’ from the monarchy is a gift to republicans

Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle visiting Canada House in London this week. FACUNDO ARRIZABALAGA/EPA Bill Shorten, when leader of the opposition, promised...

Nine things you should know about a potential Australian republic

Australia’s Constitution vests executive power in the Queen and says that that power is exercised ‘on her behalf’ by the governor-general. AAP/Alan Porritt Whether...

Cabinet papers 1994-95: How the republic was doomed without a directly elected president

Queen Elizabeth signs the visitors’ book at Parliament House, while Prime Minister Paul Keating and Parliament House officials look on in February...

Shorten pledges republic vote in first term

Bill Shorten will seek to elevate the issue of a republic by pledging a policy for quick action. A Shorten government would ask voters...
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