Revisiting the Republic

Despite the rejection of a Republic in 1999, a more radical and comprehensive plan for a new national settlement, incorporating taxation and government as well as the severing of ties with the UK, could be a popular option.

Look before you leap to a republic

Revived calls for a Republic of Australia ignore the fact that it could prove less functional than our constitutional monarchy, making democratic change all the more difficult to achieve.

Is an Australian Republic a bridge too far?

Half of the respondents in a recent poll said they favoured Australia becoming a republic. However there are still many hurdles in the path of those who wish to make an historic break with the British monarchy.

Australian citizenship – who is in and who is out?

Recent activity in the Australian Senate has us questioning who is Australian? Australia shares high level national security information with some of the jurisdictions that Canavan, Ludlam, Waters and perhaps Banks and Roberts hold citizenship with, yet we find their citizens threatening. Dominic O’Sullivan considers.