Australian Republican Movement

Australian Republican Movement

Infobox_Political_Party
party_name = Australian Republican Movement
party_
chairperson = Major-General Michael Keating
foundation = July 1991
ideology = Australian republicanism
headquarters = Canberra, Australia
international = Common Cause
colorcode =
website = [http://www.republic.org.au/ www.republic.org.au]
The Australian Republican Movement (ARM) is a non-partisan lobby group advocating constitutional change in Australia to a republican form of government, from a constitutional monarchy.

History

Foundation

The ARM was founded in July 1991, following the Australian Labor Party's adoption of republicanism as a policy at its conference in June of that year.

The ARM's first chairman was the novelist Thomas Keneally, with other founding members including the investment banker (now Federal Opposition Leader) Malcolm Turnbull, the former Australian cricket captain, Ian Chappell, and the film director Fred Schepisi. It is currently headed by retired Major-General Michael Keatingcite web|url=http://www.republic.org.au/ARM-2001/mediaroom/mr142.htm|title=MAJOR GENERAL MIKE KEATING NEW REPUBLICAN HEAD|date=2007-06-05|author=ARM Press release|accessdate=2007-07-09] .

Arguments

The ARM argues that Australia should become a Republic with the Australian Head of state, currently Queen Elizabeth II Queen of Australia (and Great Britain), an Australia citizen and resident. The ARM seeks to do this through a series of plebiscites providing the population direct input to any decision.

1999 referendum

Although opinion polls showed that many Australians favoured becoming a republiccite web|url=http://www.newspoll.com.au/image_uploads/cgi-lib.1278.1.1101republic.pdf|title=Polls on a republic 1999 - 2002|month=November | year=2007|publisher=Newspoll|accessdate=2008-01-05|format=PDF] , divisions emerged in the Movement between those who favoured indirect election of the President by Parliament, and those who favoured direct election by the people. This led to Australian voters rejecting at a referendum in 1999 a constitutional amendment to a specific form of republic described by some as the "minimalist" model because it involved the least change to the constitution of the various republican models proposed.

Affiliations

The ARM is a member of Common Cause, an alliance of Commonwealth republican movements, each seeking to change their country's status as a Commonwealth Realms to Commonwealth republics. The ARM is not associated with any political party.

ee also

* Republicanism in Australia
* Australian republic referendum, 1999
* Australian Constitutional History
* Australians for Constitutional Monarchy

External links

* [http://www.republic.org.au Australian Republican Movement website]

References


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