It seems that Wayne Swann and Malcolm Turnbull
in early June of this year launched a book
of essays with the title:

"Project Republic: Plans and arguments for a
New Australia."

I don't know enough about it so I shall have to
try to get a hold of it - and keep you posted.
Sounds interesting.

cont'd ...

Well I have managed to get hold of the book
from my regional library. It does look
interesting and has some great contributors
like, Thomas Keneally, Julian Morrow, John
Warhurst, John Hirst, and Larissa Behrendt,
to name a few. It will be good to read what they
have to say on the subject and the reasons they
give. I hope that it will prove instructive.

Robert LePage,

<< Spindoc et al:
It is obvious that you are trolling this thread into a pro Lib anti Lab harangue.
Please desist.
We are not all so stupid as to be taken in by it.>>

Trolling? Sorry, didn’t mean to subvert a socialist mantra.

Pro Lib anti Lab. No, I’m anti anything that doesn’t work, that damages my nation and impoverishes our children and grandchildren.

Please desist? Your patronizing arrogance, hypocrisy and lack of embarrassment genes know no bounds.

“We are not all so stupid”…………, correct but you are.

Not every thing revolves around politics or our side of it.
Turnbull unless my memory betrays me was the driving force last time, behind the wish for a Republic.
We will become a Republic.
Our country, nothing to do with Muslims, is not just from English back grounds.
And in doing so we will not forget our links to that, or any country.
I see some strange thoughts here, but history is full of great Australians calling for a Republic.

Lexi,

You posted this thread and you say you are interested in views.

But already it has become yet another thread of the same where you continue to post more and more links and disregard any posts that disagree with your opinion.

It is polite to address alternative views rather than just steamrolling on.

For instance, among other things I am wondering what actual benefit would have accrued over the past say two terms of government if your republic had been introduced immediately before. Perhaps the president or whatever title was used would have been as flawed as other appointments influenced by union heavies, and there would have been knifings of the president as well.

It is impossible that there wouldn't be the usual political argy bargy for the top job. You would be demanding that the person in the post be a woman and reflect 'diversity' too wouldn't you? Be honest or be disbelieved.

'Best merit' is rather complicated when that stuff is involved as most would agree. Heaps of oars in the water, games aplenty and the odd bit of white-anting and knifing to amuse the journalists.

Dear OTB,

I am responding and reading all of the posts.
And I have tried to keep people on the subject
at hand.

I have also listed the core reasons as to why
I personally felt that Australia should be a Republic.
Although as I did point out my views are not set in
concrete and I did acknowledge the valid points raised
by RObert about our losing the current protections
that we have in our Constitution. So I did admit
that I do have mixed feelings - hence my getting the
book of essays out from my regional library called,
"Project Republic: Plan and arguments for a new Australia,"
by various emminent writers in the hope of giving me
some more thoughts on the subject.

As for what our nation would have been like as a Republic
during these past years? I think that predicting any
thing is a risky business at the best of times.
But you seem to have the answers to that question so
I shall take it (as Tony Jones would say) - as a comment.

Cheers.