About Us

This outline is in furtherance to the basic message contained on the frontispiece of The Party’s homepage. In effect, it constitutes the philosophy of The Party. 

There are seven areas of concern for us which are, concomitantly, the seven areas of our relative expertise (see Republican Party of Australia’s Constitution). Beyond this we have all manner of ‘indicative’ policy amidst our multifarious documents and position papers which may be found by further in-depth research on this website.

The REPUBLICANS is an umbrella organisation comprising several inter-related political pursuits and entrepreneurial endeavours. 

 The REPUBLICANS’ political party is The Republican Party of Australia (RPA) and it was first registered by the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) on 9 October, 1992 and is re-Registering with the AEC for the 2012-2013 election. The RPA’s established abbreviated names are: The Australian Republicans and The Republicans.

At the 2007 Federal election The REPUBLICANS ran a three-key-Eastern-Seaboard marginal Seats campaign to, amongst other things, establish its new brand.

The RPA is a secular, free enterprise liberal party of the centre. It has no links with any other Republican Party and certainly no connection, either directly or indirectly, with the American Republican Party. However, The RPA does have valued links with several other Australian Republican groups through a body loosely known as The Republican Gatherers who, in the 21st century, have conferenced on five occasions.