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The ARM was founded on 7 July 1991 and was originally known as the Australian Republican Movement. [2] Its first chairman was novelist Thomas Keneally, with other founding members including lawyer Malcolm Turnbull (later Prime Minister), former Australian cricket captain Ian Chappell, film director Fred Schepisi, and author, journalist, and radio and television presenter Peter FitzSimons.
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Vote Compass during the 2013 Australian federal election found that 40.4% of respondents disagreed with the statement "Australia should end the monarchy and become a republic", whilst 38.1% agreed (23.1% strongly agreed) and 21.5% were neutral. Support for a republic was highest among those with a left ...
The Australian Republican Party was formed in the late 1940s and contested the 1949 and 1951 federal elections. The party's only known candidate at both of those elections included William McCristal, one of the most prolific unsuccessful candidates for political office in Australian history. [1] [2] [3]
[1] At the 1999 Australian republic referendum, many direct-election republicans voted NO and ensured the defeat of the bi-partisan appointment model. After the defeat, the Australian Republican Movement changed tactic and presented six republic options, of which three involved direct-election. Model 4 was developed from the Hayden model and ...
Australian Republican Movement: 1. Ian Fraser 2. Christine Kerr 7,860 19.89 A Just Republic 1. David Curtis (elected 1) 2. Susan Gilmour 7,785 19.70 Territory Republican Michael Kilgariff (elected 2) 5,434 13.75 Republic With Minimal Constitutional Change Fran Erlich 3,994 10.10 Steve Baldwin 2,027 5.13 NT Regional Republican Ray Wooldridge ...
Republican Movement may refer to: Australian Republican Movement; New Zealand Republic (formerly Republican Movement of Aotearoa New Zealand) British republican movement;
After consulting with other experts, the proposal with drafted amendments was published in the Independent Monthly, March 1992 and was supported by the Australian Republican Movement (ARM). In 1993 the model was reviewed as one of four options by the Republic Advisory Committee , chaired by Malcolm Turnbull who shortly after became ARM chairman.
1.4.1 Australia. 1.4.2 Barbados. 1.4 ... formed a heterogeneous group with almost no representation within the imperial bureaucracy. ... The republican movement was ...