The days during crippling natural disasters are generally emotionally packed and the apocalyptic events in Los Angeles will be no exception. Everyone blameable will be in the firing line. As […]
Read MoreSpain could learn from Oz approach
While the “rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain”, the post-flood mud (and a good dose of crowd indignation) was heaped squarely on regal shoulders during protests after Valencia’s […]
Read MoreSensible royal tradition flying out the window
A sensible tradition of the British Royal Family is to avoid having the heir and his/her family travelling together in aircraft, lest several successors are wiped out together in an […]
Read MoreAustralian Mary a real royal asset
As the sun rises on the shores of Denmark on a wintry Sunday morning on January 14, Australia and Scotland will also be basking in the joy of the coronation […]
Read MorePeter Pan fairytale
There is a wonderful irony in the publication of the fanciful novel Endgame, about the impending termination of the British monarchy, when its author Omid Scobie appears on TV with […]
Read MorePassage to India
While the legacy of the once expansive British Empire is often referenced in the context of the Australia Day “invasion” and matters driving the republican movement, other long-lasting effects on […]
Read MoreA royal wrangle
Susie O’Brien is right to argue that our social conflicts with others, whether football players or ABC commentators, must always be respectful and perhaps might be best summed up in […]
Read MoreCoronation and kerfuffle over King Charles
As the brilliantly linguistic Peta Credlin again lays out the case for maintaining our links with King and country, it seems the same sad panoply of try-hards continue their forlorn […]
Read MoreHeritage vexed issue
On the surface, Adrian Leopardi’s clever analogy of the Voice and British royal kingship both being based on ancestry and therefore compatible intellectually in our constitution is a great example […]
Read MoreMore respect needed
Geoff Mallows is right to challenge Stan Grant’s argument in complaining about British colonisation of Australia, blaming the institution of monarchy and believing the Queen’s death accordingly ought not have […]
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