Disturbing trends in women’s consumption of news continues to emerge from the Digital News Report issue annually by the News and Media Research Centre at the University of Canberra (2025 report 17 June 2025). The latest figures reveal that 44…
While the essence of Australia’s essentially imperial honours system is largely unnoticed, this year for the first time, there were a number of media comments highlighting the connection of the honours and awards structure to our foreign Head of State….
The Prime Minister uses this term in radio interviews shortly after the election and later repeats it formally in an address to the National Press Club in mid May. This is now “the Australian Way” apparently. While this term has…
There has been little to say, and little said, about the Republic in the lead up to the 3 May federal election. Campaigning started in late January and filled the airwaves until late April. The Prime Minister explicitly ruled out…
This date is recorded because it is the Inauguration Day of Donald Trump as 47th President of the United States. Trump’s words and actions will profoundly – possibly lastingly – influence the views of Australian women about “presidents” and “republics”…
In the run-up to Australia Day, the Republic didn’t even figure this year. All the debate, most of which was fired up by the Opposition, was about one or three national flags (the one flag has a Union Jack on…
The National Iwi chairs forum – more than 80 Maori leaders – has written to King Charles III, New Zealand’s head of state, asking him to intervene directly in New Zealand law-making to ensure that the NZ Government does not…
Jamaica’s Minister of Legal and Constitutional Affairs, Marlene Malahoo Forte, presents a bill to the Parliament to abolish the British monarchy and transition the country to a republic. A Jamaican president will be a ceremonial head of state. This is…
Susie Elelman, described as “a commentator” on The Today show (watched by many women) referred to polling done after the royal visit claiming to show 59 percent of respondents in favour of King Charles and Australia remaining a constitutional monarchy….
Here is WfaAR’s letter to The Canberra Times about the 25th anniversary of the referendum published on 7 November 2024. This letter got top billing and the headline on the day it was published accompanied by a photograph taken by…
