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I read an interesting fact this afternoon. The Statute of Westminster only applies to three nations today: the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia. So if we need to change the rules of succession for Australia to democratise the divisible Crown of Australia, we might be able to do that through an agreement with Canada and … Read more

Last year the Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs of the House of Representatives completed an inquiry into the way that referenda are conducted in Australia. One of the main topics was to review the Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984 and take submissions on how this could be modernised. The website for the … Read more

Here is a table with an outline of difference between the current constitutional monarchy, a constitutional republic with an elected Australian to replace the Queen/King for a fixed term, and finally for the ARM Australia Choice Model. Topic Crown of Australia – Monarchy (current) Crown of Australia – Democratic (Proposed) ARM Australia Choice Model (Proposed) … Read more

Saunders, Cheryl — “The Concept of the Crown” [2015] MelbULawRw 3; (2015) 38(3) Melbourne University Law Review 873 http://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/MelbULawRw/2015/3.html

This comment below was written in reply to a comment on the Australian Republic Supporters Facebook page where I posted a link to the previous post: https://www.facebook.com/groups/AusRepublic/permalink/5666111490118490/ *** Thank you for your comment. I will answer some of your points here: 1. “It also does not consider the model that has been agreed by the … Read more

Here is a brief summary of the new model. What we have now – this is the current reality We have a constitutional monarchy for Australia. The King / Queen of the UK is Australia’s Head of State as the monarch. The rules for succession for the monarchy are the same or all the Commonwealth … Read more

This is a blog about a model for an Australian republic.I have been actively working on this new model since the referendum vote in 1999.I will be regularly posting details about this new approach and why it would be the best model for Australia.I can’t wait to hear what you think about it!