CANBERRA, Australia — Australia’s failed referendum on the Indigenous Voice has set back the government’s plans to cut the nation’s constitutional ties to Britain’s King Charles III, a minister said Thursday. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese made the Voice referendum a top priority for his center-left Labor Party government’s first three-year term when it was elected last year. “Sadly, over the …
At a Sydney mansion on the Queen's Birthday long weekend, some of Her Majesty's most loyal Australian subjects criticised what they called the republican "elites". Key points: Some monarchists claim the starting gun for a second Australian republic referendum has been fired The new Assistant Minister for a Republic hopes to educate Australians about the issue Both monarchists and republicans …
The new federal government says the "twilight years" of Queen Elizabeth's reign are an appropriate time to reignite debate about Australia becoming a republic. Key points: The Assistant Minister for the Republic has acknowledged the issue has not been on the agenda for many years Matt Thistlethwaite says his role will be to educate people about the alternative for Australia …