For Australian republicans, Prince Charles has often been seen as an easy target, writes freelancer David Ritter.
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Essential: meh on the republic, but fired up about Qantas
Voters blame Qantas management for its dispute with unions, today’s Essential Report finds. But support for a republic isn’t going anywhere.
Making a mockery of the monarchy
Why is Australia still a monarchy, even though the majority of Aussies want a republic? Just cause it ain’t broke doesn’t mean it don’t need fixing, writes David Donovan and Mike Keating.
The conflicted role of the Governor-General
The role of the Governor General — Australia’s head of state — is pretty low key in Australia these days. But Australia should look to Canada’s recent constitution woes as it looks towards the possibility of a republic.
Crikey Says: Find Wills a missus? Now that’s a blue from the Bolt
Does anyone in Australia actually give a flying fig about Prince William? Yes, if you believe the David Flints of the world: a group of people whose entire support for the monarchy seems more like something out of a trashy romance novel.
Cassin: Time to reopen the republic wounds
The republic debate has fallen off the national agenda not because of the GFC, but because our nation’s leaders — most of them republicans — don’t want to admit the only preference that would pass involves a president elected by the people not the parliament, says Ray Cassin.
Is it time for Australia to become a republic?
It’s ten years since the republic referendum failed and it’s time to restart the debate, says George Williams. Let’s have an initial popular vote to establish we do want a republic, then vote again for the type of republic we want.
The Republic of Australia and New Zealand?
Australia and New Zealand living peacefully as one combined republic? It sounds far fetched, but Rodney Crisp provides a compelling, if odd, economic and historical argument.
Political snippets: Australian Liberals take Republican line
Australian Libs reckon we are TEA’d. Read on for the latest political acronym you need to know.
Briefly Business: Morgan confidence, RBA Outlook, Octaviar, MFS, NAB
Yet another departure from Octaviar … MFS directors sued … Crentro’s struggle for survival … the unhealthy relationship between real estate valuers and developers … NAB’s profit.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Comments, corrections, clarifications, and c*ckups
The lunatics in the RBA asylum … Israel’s 60th birthday … David Flint and the Republic … party politics in NSW … Burmese prawns …
The horrid and gritty truth about the Republic – An Essay
Nature abhors a vacuum…
Flint: The 2020 vision of the republic
We now have an idea how this summit will operate. And it’s not pretty, writes David Flint.
