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The Australian Republic Debate

 

AUSTRALIAN REPUBLIC REFERENDUM

Referendum Voting Day: ???

Still being debated by republican proponents... AGAIN!!!

 

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ANZAC DAY - A SACRED TRADITION

Australian Republic Referendum    *****  "MUST VIEW" *****

Our Flag Poem

Quotes

Queensland 'NO REPUBLIC' Campaign  

The 'NO' Case against a Republic

Republic Referendum Documents

 

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Our Flag

  Our Flag wears the stars that blaze at night,
In our Southern skies of blue,
And a little old flag in the corner,
That’s part of our heritage too.

It’s for the English, the Scots and the Irish,
Who were sent to the ends of the earth,
The rogues and schemers, the doers and dreamers,
Who gave modern Australia its birth.

And you, who are shouting to change it,
You don’t seem to understand,
It’s the flag of our laws and our language,
Not the flag of a faraway land.

Though there are plenty of people who'll tell you,
How when Europe was plunged into night,
That little old flag in the corner,
Was their symbol of freedom and light.

It doesn’t mean we owe allegiance,
To a forgotten imperial dream,
We’ve the stars to show where we’re going,
And the old flag to show where we’ve been.

It’s only an old piece of bunting,
It’s only an old piece of rag,
But there are thousands who’ve died for its honour,
And shed of their blood for OUR FLAG.

 

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QUOTES

"The more that people learn about a republic... the less they like it."

"Those who imagine that a politician would make a better 'Head of State' than a hereditary Monarch, should make the acquaintance of more politicians."

"If you don't understand it... don't vote for it."

"One mob who wanted to change 'Our Flag' was the Imperial Japanese army. They FAILED."

"No one should consider changing something they don't fully understand."

"Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely."

"Only a person who believes that politicians can always be trusted
would be prepared to risk a republic."

"Nobody can take our Constitution away
unless we give it away"

 

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ANZAC DAY - A SACRED TRADITION

The two components on the republic movement's agenda that will be scrapped are:

 

    1. The Australian Constitution, and
    2. The Australian Flag

Australian men and women fought and died in World Wars and numerous other conflicts, to protect and preserve the Australian Constitution and what it represents, for future generations of Australians.

On April 25th each year, Cities and Towns in every corner of Australia, STOP, to honour the Australian heroes who did not return and to pay homage to those who survived the ultimate horrors of human conflict.

Do you want ANZAC DAY, April 25th 2008 to be the last time OUR DIGGERS march under the Australia Flag that their mates died for?

 

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