October
Not quite the ‘Lizard of Oz’: How Brits reacted to Thorpe’s protest
Senator Lidia Thorpe’s heckling made headlines in the UK, but the British PM wasn’t going to pour petrol on the flames.
- Hans van Leeuwen
King Charles declares democracies ‘must evolve’ on Australian tour
The monarch meets Anthony Albanese, Peter Dutton and prominent Australians at Parliament House on Monday.
- Patrick Durkin
- Opinion
- Royal family
Welcome Charles, King of Great Britain alone
There is a way to achieve a republic by stealth. And one that Charles III might well understand.
- Dennis Altman
September
- Opinion
- Voice to parliament
Australia’s Constitution isn’t that hard to change
Most of the 44 attempts to change the Constitution involved taking power from the states and giving it to the Commonwealth. Virtually every time, voters said “no”.
- James Allan
July
King Charles, Queen Camilla to visit Australia in October
The royal couple will make the trip en route to a CHOGM summit in Samoa, but the King’s fragile health means it’ll be shorter than the epic visits of years gone by.
- Hans van Leeuwen
May 2023
- Opinion
- Royal family
Post-imperial nation that just can’t make the final cut
Charles Windsor is not popular in all his realms. But even the Albanese government is curiously reluctant to press a more self-confident identity.
- James Curran
Republican Albanese will swear allegiance to King Charles
The PM tells British TV that he wants an appointed Australian head of state, but he doesn’t want his premiership consumed by constitutional debates.
- Hans van Leeuwen
October 2022
- Opinion
- Opinion
Change for the fiver a cautionary tale for the republic
King Charles’ head won’t appear on the new $5 note. But timid incrementalism of this kind might struggle to clinch the broader case for constitutional change.
- James Curran
September 2022
- Explainer
- Royal family
King or no king, do we even need a head of state?
Are Australian voters ready to ditch the monarchy? They said No in 1999. Monarchists argue “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”. Republicans say “it’s time”.
- Updated
- Ingrid Fuary-Wagner and Tom McIlroy
The (not so) quiet first steps towards Australia’s republic shift
Federal Labor says the fact Australians under 40 have never voted in a referendum shows the challenge facing campaigners for a homegrown head of state.
- Tom McIlroy
The conservatives selling a Voice to Parliament to the right
Could the King and monarchy help Australia’s pathway to a referendum and an Indigenous voice to parliament? Meet the academics and business people who think so.
- Samantha Hutchinson
- Opinion
- Royal family
Britain’s love of tradition comes at a price
The UK gives its traditions far too much credit. At best, they are innocuous. At worst, they impose a material cost on the nation.
- Updated
- Janan Ganesh
Will Northern Ireland be King Charles’ first loss?
For the first time, Catholics outnumber Protestants in Northern Ireland, intensifying debate about the region seceding from the United Kingdom and reunifying Ireland.
- Updated
- Megan Specia and Ed O'Loughlin
Australia bids a quiet farewell to a servant leader
At a memorial service in Parliament House, Anthony Albanese and David Hurley remind Australians to learn from the Queen’s example to service and duty.
- Phillip Coorey
AFR readers back republic but want Charles on the $5 note
Readers of The Australian Financial Review also overwhelmingly called for Star Entertainment to lose its NSW casino licence.
- Hannah Wootton
- Opinion
- Opinion
A nation shorn of Britishness is still waiting for the republic
Republicans will need to make the case as to why only an Australian head of state can provide the basis of reassurance and belonging for a 21st-century nation.
- James Curran
Republican movement needs conservative voices to succeed
Leading conservatives, such as former foreign minster Julie Bishop, need to be co-opted by the movement if a renewed push is to succeed, says Greg Barns.
- Phillip Coorey
Why adulation for the Queen won’t stop the republic
There will be pitfalls and perils on the way, but the wave of emotion after the passing of Queen Elizabeth II has not put an end to the push for an Australian republic.
- Andrew Clark
- Opinion
- Letters to the Editor
Letters: Public holiday fit for a Queen?
Public holiday on Queen’s death, Australia’s constitutional status, chairman backs Qantas CEO, philanthropist Brian Sherman, RBA review, jobs going offshore.
Queen’s death shines light on our system of government: PM
Anthony Albanese has hinted at Australia eventually becoming a republic in the wake of the Queen’s death.
- Phillip Coorey
