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AML Online Groups

As we enter 2023, we are restructuring and expanding the Australian Monarchist League to enable us to better face the government’s campaign to remove the Crown from the Australian Constitution.

To assist us in this regard we are forming a few online groups and invite monarchists to join any eligible group if they wish.

These initial groups are:

Women’s AML Group
This will be a group for ladies to meet online and discuss monarchy matters relevant to them.

Veterans Group
This is a group for the many veterans we have amongst our database may wish to join together to support the Crown that all have made allegiance to uphold.

Over 65s Group
Any monarchist over 65 is invited to join this group.

Fundraising Group
This is a group to bring together persons with professional fundraising expertise.

Online Format
The format for meeting online will be decided by each group

Petition to the Senate Regarding the Platinum Jubilee

The Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II

Available only to Australian Citizens and Permanent Residents

In one year's time, on 6 February 2022, the Queen will have been 70 years on the throne. A milestone never reached before by any British monarch and by only three other monarchs in known history. [The others were Louis XIV of France d 1715 (72+ years), Rama IX of Thailand d 2016 (70+ years) and Johann II of Liechtenstein d 1929 (70+ years)].

Following the Queen's visit to Australia in 1954, where an estimated 75% of Australia’s population came out to cheer her as she travelled around Australia, Australian governments did relatively little to celebrate her Golden and Diamond Jubilees and, as a consequence, they passed by relatively unnoticed.

This is an e-petition calling on the Senate to establish an all-party group to prepare nation-wide celebrations honouring the Queen on her Platinum Jubilee.

We call upon all those who honour the Queen to sign this online petition which will be tabled in the Senate in its June sitting.

The current rules governing petitions to the Australian Senate require your real name and a genuine email address. Since these details may be verified by parliamentary officers it is essential that our petition does not reach any stumbling block. This petition is totally in-house and does not use any external facility. Accordingly, your details will be kept absolutely confidential at all times and names and email addresses will not be used by us unless you opt in to receive information from the Australian Monarchist League including details of the petition and its presentation and reception in the Senate.

Yours sincerely

Philip Benwell
National Chair
Australian Monarchist League

PS: Some servers block links and if you are facing any difficulty in signing the petition, just send us your name and email address with permission for us to include you. [email protected]

To the Honourable President and members of the Senate in Parliament assembled:

The petition of the undersigned shows:

• 6 February 2022 will be the 70^th anniversary of the accession of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II to the throne of Australia.
• A platinum jubilee is a milestone never before reached by a monarch in the shared history of Australia, the United Kingdom and the 14 other Commonwealth realms. It is an historic occasion worthy of public celebration.
• On 12 January 2021 the British Parliament established an all-party parliamentary group called “The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Society of the Houses of Parliament” to discuss how to best mark the Platinum Jubilee in the United Kingdom

Your petitioners ask that the Senate:

initiate a working group, consisting of Senators and Members of the House of Representatives from all parties, to plan nationwide events to celebrate this momentous occasion.

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Queen's Birthday Survey

There are calls by republicans and others to replace The Queen’s Birthday Holiday with – we don’t know what.

The holiday is Australia’s oldest public holiday instituted by Governor Arthur Philip in 1788. It is held in June or October in the case of WA & Qld, to suit the calendars within each State. Its purpose is to honour the Queen of Australia.

We are looking for responses from as many people as possible to determine their views on this matter. We believe that most will be against change and the answers will bolster our arguments to retain the holiday.