From royal weddings to republics and revolution

21 May 2018 | The royal wedding was sugar-coated propaganda designed to prop up the ruling class at the expense ...  

Royalty comes and goes, it's never a part of the Australian identity

19 May 2018 | The royal wedding is all over the Australian news, but the excitement and monarchy always fade ...  

The crimes of Meghan Markle

15 May 2018 | Markle's crimes include dating other men before marriage, being ambitious and not fitting the ...  

Royals, republic models and listening to the Australian people

2 May 2018 | 'Australia becoming a republic is about dumping the monarchy — and about writing a new page in ...  

Let's stop talking about royals and start talking about republic models

27 Apr 2018 | The debate on an Australian republic can do with fewer opinion polls about the royals and more ...  

The Queen’s (real) birthday — time to talk succession planning

22 Apr 2018 | Prince Charles is regarded as the heir to the British throne, however Prince Edward may be the one ...  

Palace letters whitewash: The time has come to dismiss the monarchy

5 Apr 2018 | With the bitter memory of Whitlam's Dismissal still lingering, now, more than ever, is the time ...  

GC2018 Commonwealth Games: 150 years of princes visiting Australia

3 Apr 2018 | When Prince Charles opens the GC2018 Commonwealth Games, he will bookend 150 years since the first ...  

'Closed' and 'personal': The Palace letters and the Whitlam Dismissal

31 Mar 2018 | Professor Jenny Hocking lays bare all the secrecy behind the Federal Court's ruling on the ...  

A fresh breeze: Young Australians and the Republic

17 Mar 2018 | The stench of colonialism does not seem to bother young people as much as the rest of us, writes ...  

University republic clubs begin to ‘mend the nation’s heart’

21 Feb 2018 | The level of youth interest in university republic clubs refutes claims young Australians are ...  

An Australian Republic: Revisiting the 1998 Constitutional Convention

14 Feb 2018 | The 1998 Constitutional Convention supported a Republic Referendum, but its failure shattered the ...  

Treaty making is the way ahead

28 Jan 2018 | To end the continuing tragedy of the poverty and widespread inequality endured by our First People ...  

Change the name of Australia Day — and call it what it is

25 Jan 2018 | NSW Penal Colony Establishment Day? Managing editor Dave Donovan proposes a name change for the ...  

EDITORIAL: A name change for Australia Day — time to call it what it is

24 Jan 2018 | Independent Australia proposes a name change for the 26 January public holiday, so that it is ...  

Turnbull pricks his own thought bubble on an Australian Republic

9 Jan 2018 | The Australian Republic is now emerging as a key election issue, with the Prime Minister a mere ...  

Dual citizenship swear words: Oaths of allegiance out of touch

20 Nov 2017 | Between now and Christmas there will be a lot of swearing heard from politicians around Australia ...  

Remember, remember, Australia’s republican November

11 Nov 2017 | Remember November, because November is the "republican season" in Australia, writes history editor ...