Media Releases
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WHY DID THE REPUBLICAN’S CAMPAIGN DAY FAIL?
03 September 2018
The Australian Republic Movement broadcast September 1 as their Republic Campaign Day. The Labor Party spokesperson for a republic, Matt Thistlethwaite MP and so many Labor personalities were supposed to be organising BBQ’s and other meets. There were going to be membership drives and the like - all to push the erroneous concept that Australians actually do want to move to a republic. But, it was an absolute failure. There was no announcement by Bill Shorten, no TV interview with Matt Thistlethwaite. Nothing. Why was this?
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REPUBLICAN’S “BIG DAY OUT” BOMBS-OUT
01 September 2018
“The Republican’s ‘Big Day of Grass Roots National Mobilisation’ totally bombed out,” the Chair of the Australian Monarchists League, Mr Philp Benwell said today.
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Yes, Costs of a Royal Visit are High, but the Benefits are Far Higher
30 August 2018
Trying to find relevance in the face of no plebiscite and no referendum, republicans are going on about the cost of the Royal Australian Air Force flights for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and their support staff during their visit to Australia in October last year to attend, open and close the Invictus Games.
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REPUBLICANS DESECRATE NATIONAL WATTLE DAY
28 August 2018
Golden Wattle (Acacia pycnantha) is the national floral emblem of Australia. It is celebrated as a national Wattle Day holiday on September 1. The first celebration of Wattle Day was held on 1 September 1910 in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide. During World War I sprigs of wattle and colourful badges were sold on Wattle Day to raise money for the Red Cross. Wattle was sent overseas in letters during the war and was presented to homecoming service men and women at what must have been an emotional moment.
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MONARCHISTS MOUNT BILLBOARD CAMPAIGN – REJECT THE POLITICIANS ‘REPUBLIC
28 August 2018
The first of September is Wattle Day, reminiscent of Australian servicemen of World Wars I and II. These were men who sacrificed much to fight for their country. The freedom and the security we enjoy in Australia today is due to them.
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ELITE REPUBLICANS MUST STOP BLUDGING ON STUDENTS AND PAY THEIR WAY
08 August 2018
“The Australian Republican Movement must stop bludging on students and behave like any other group and pay for facilities they use at Sydney University”, Chairman of the Australian Monarchists League, Mr Philip Benwell said today.
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ARM Links with Shorten Labor
27 July 2018
The Australian Republican Movement has established a campaign team with Shorten Labor to promote a republic.
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Republican Leader Peter FitzSimons is blind to Ordinary Australians concerns due to his life inside a Bubble of Extreme Wealth & Privilege
19 July 2018
“Republican Movement Leader Peter FitzSimon has totally ignored the welfare of Ordinary Australians who were victims of New Zealand criminals that Australia has wisely deported,” Mr Philip Benwell, Chairman of the Australian Monarchist League said today.
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Republicans September 1st Rally will be a “Big Day Out for Useful Idiots”
16 July 2018
“The ARM’s September 1st rally will be a “Big Day Out for Useful Idiots,” Mr Philip Benwell, National Chair of the Australian Monarchist League said today.
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Labor risks losing votes by pursuing republic
29 June 2018
The results of the 1999 referendum indicated that roughly one third of Labor voters voted against a republic. Many of these were traditional Labor who honour the Queen. We know this because a significant number of members of the Australian Monarchist League are Labor voters.