During a speech on Thursday night at the Randwick (Labor) Club, Mr Shorten said the nation need not wait until the death of the nation’s current sovereign head of state.
Republic Debate Starts
Living Document called Constitution
The opposition leader wants a two-fold
change in the nation's founding document, arguing it should be a "living
and working" thing and speak for modern Australian beliefs and values.
He said it had been 16 years since Australians last voted on whether to become a republic and a new generation of voters deserves to have their say. "Like all Australians, I have tremendous respect for Queen Elizabeth, she has fulfilled her constitutional responsibilities with grace for many years ..."
ABC coverage on Republic
New generation of voters should have say on republic: Shorten
Stephen Dametto is the NSW director of the Australian Republican Movement wrote in January 2015:
"At the Australian Republican Movement the phones are ringing hot with new members keen to join the cause. Social media tells a similar story, reflecting what we are all thinking – surely there was an Australian who would have made a more suitable choice for a knighthood on our national day."
Time to back an Australian for the top job
It is time to unambiguously embrace our Australian identity — and the Queen should have nothing to do with it, writes Stephen Dametto, NSW convenor of the Australian Republican Movement.
Smooth as silks: it’s time to ditch the title QC for good
Crikey on Republic
We are a country that reads the back of the paper first, would rather have a beer than a debate, or watch Home and Away reruns over question time is more a collection of truisms than stereotypes ...
Polls of note
Living in the 1950s
Infrastructure Australia’s new CEO Philip Davies is
looking at the big picture and hoping to work closely with governments around
the nation, as he leads the statutory body’s efforts to lay the groundwork for
the next 15 years Infrastructure
Australia wants a federation of collaboration
Inequality, the Financial Crisis and Stagnation: Competing Stories and Why They Matter Thomas Palley
