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23.01.2022 This week the Australian Monarchist League called for our nation’s honours system to be more egalitarian. It’s a bit hypocritical for monarchists to seek a more egalitarian Australian honours system when the monarchy is by definition a supporter of hereditary titles and the aristocracy and gives sovereignty to a remote Crown in a foreign land, not the Australian people. Monarchists claim to support egalitarianism in awarding honours, yet would not the greatest honour be for a...n Australian to serve as Australia’s head of state? How more egalitarian could we be than that? Republicans appreciate that democratic sovereignty of the people is at the heart of any vision for an Australian republic. By all means our honours system would be best served by giving more weight to the desire for the Australian people to celebrate volunteering and the work of their fellow citizens who give freely of their time, over and above doing their paid jobs. But by professing to embrace egalitarianism, monarchists are in fact helping to mount an argument for real reform of our system of government. That can be delivered through the adoption of a republican model with a head of state elected by Australian voters. David Muir
20.01.2022 PALACE LETTERS CONFIRM NEED FOR AUSTRALIAN HEAD OF STATE The contents of the Palace Letters released today are of secondary importance to the continuing and overriding need for Australians to vote for a republic and to elect their own head of state, according to the chair of the Real Republic Australia, David Muir. Mr Muir said the Real Republic Australia wanted the republic question considered as part of a wider package of Constitutional reforms to deliver cost savings an...Continue reading
18.01.2022 Birthday wishes and the utmost respect for the Queen, Commonwealth or not. #queenelizabeth #realrepublic
18.01.2022 https://independentaustralia.net//bushfire-and-covid-19-cr
16.01.2022 The High Court’s ruling on Sir John Kerr’s correspondence with Queen Elizabeth II reminds us that our Governor-General is merely an agent of our head of state who resides in a foreign land. No matter how much we respect the Queen and the service she has given it’s a simple fact that unless we shift to a republic our head of state is never to be an Australian. While the recently created Federal Cabinet discusses federation reforms, why not put a republic with an elected head of state and a range of other potential Constitutional updates on the national agenda and let voters decide?
14.01.2022 Thank you Canberra! @butler4griffith @davesmithmp @NickMcKim @ehusic @TedOBrienMP... @JulianHillMP @richardmarlesmp @ThistlethwaiteM @PeterKhalilMP @larissawaters @markdreyfusmp See more
13.01.2022 A new film by pro-republicans in the UK looks at Prince Charles and concludes he shouldn’t inherit the Crown. Whatever feelings anyone has for the Royal Family let’s not forget in Australia’s case it’s not about them. We don’t need a negative and personal campaign against the Prince of Wales or any other individuals. We want a vigorous and positive debate about our nation’s future.
12.01.2022 hair of the Real Republic Australia, David Muir, talks this morning to Kate O’Toole about the anniversary on ABC around 11.20am. Listen in to the Sunday Morning program on Radio 612 Brisbane, on regional ABC stations across Queensland, or via the internet.
08.01.2022 Thoughts on St Patrick’s Day from David Muir, chair of the Real Republic Australia: St Patrick’s Day will again see celebrations of all things Irish. There is much to celebrate about the Irish, their often confronting history and contribution to other nations as many left their homeland over centuries and helped shape other countries around the world....Continue reading
07.01.2022 A quarter-century after Paul Keating proposed an Australian republic, David Muir suggests it has suffered from a failure of leadership by prime ministers who followed. https://independentaustralia.net//political-leaders-must-s
04.01.2022 Tune in this morning to ABC radio Canberra to hear David Muir talking about the Republic and need for better process for Constitutional change in Australia #republic #reform
03.01.2022 Meeting David Smith MP on the need for a directly elected head of State model for a Republic.
02.01.2022 The third edition of Constitutional Conversation, the quarterly newsletter published by the Real Republic Australia, is now out. In this Spring edition we look at a new book examining some of the key figures behind the Federation of Australia; moves by Barbados to become a republic like many other members of the Commonwealth of Nations; and the troublesome Section 44 of our Constitution; plus many other items we are sure you’ll find informative or entertaining. Send a message if you want to be added to the mailing list for this and future editions or if you want back copies of our first two newsletters.
01.01.2022 BARBADOS SHOWS HOW IT’S DONE The Real Republic Australia says the small Caribbean island nation of Barbados has proved yet again that becoming a republic will not conflict with membership of the Commonwealth of Nations and respect for Queen Elizabeth II. Chair of the Real Republic Australia, David Muir, said once it became a republic Barbados would join 31 other republics in the 54-member Commonwealth of Nations headed by Her Majesty.... News of the move by Barbados proves yet again that there is no conflict between a nation being a republic and its membership of the Commonwealth, Mr Muir said. The former British colony of just 430 sqkm with 300,000 people has been an independent nation since 1966 governed by a Westminster-style parliamentary system and its government has rightly declared that one of their own should be their head of state, not the British monarch. I believe most Australians would have the attitude an Australian should be our head of state, preferably chosen through a direct election. The words of the Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley, sum it up: ‘This is the ultimate statement of confidence in who we are and what we are capable of achieving.’ The words in response from Buckingham Palace that it’s a matter for the people of Barbados to decide show the Royal Family is relaxed about the Commonwealth nations becoming republics. They know that it’s not a sign of disrespect to Her Majesty or her family. The question of Australia becoming a republic has never been about the Royal Family. It is about what Australians want and how they see their future in the world. Mr Muir said the Real Republic Australia advocated a move to a republic with a directly elected head of state as well as other Constitutional changes to deliver greater integrity and better government at the federal level: investing in our elected head of state the role of appointing and overseeing those responsible for integrity and anti-corruption agencies at the federal level; recognition of indigenous Australians, parliamentary reforms to deliver greater stability through cutting Senate numbers for each state from 12 to the original six while maintaining two for each Territory; implementing synchronised, fixed, four-year terms for both Houses of Parliament to ensure voter mandates are reflected in both Houses; and adopting a casual vacancy system for the House of Representatives to deliver greater stability and cut costs to taxpayers; recognition of local government; and a better system for initiating referendums. Media contact: 0431 101 533 Image @RealRepublicAustralia
