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CONTENTS

 
BIOGRAPHICAL

AUTHOR'S INTRODUCTION

PART 1


Paper 1
OUR DEMOCRACY IN PERIL: THE SAFE WAY TO A DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
Paper published substantially in the Australian, Age and Herald Sun, 1 May 1997 and fully in (1997) 101 Victorian Bar News, p. 31

Paper 2
MAINTAINING OUR DEMOCRACY IN MONARCHY OR REPUBLIC
Paper presented to the Australian Institute of International Affairs, Melbourne, 31 July 1997
 

Paper 3
GOVERNORSHIP IN AUSTRALIA TODAY: THE ROLE AND FUNCTION OF THE GOVERNOR IN A PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY
Paper presented to the Australian Institute of Management, Melbourne, 8 September 1993, and published in London in The Parliamentarian,vol. 75, no. 3, July 1994, p.149 and in (1994) 90 Victorian Bar News,p. 45

Paper 4
THE CONSTITUTIONAL HEAD OF STATE AS GUARDIAN OF DEMOCRACY
Essay in S Rufus Davis (ed.), Citizenship in Australia: Democracy, Law & Society, Constitutional Centenary Foundation, Melbourne, 1996, p.241

Paper 5
CONSTITUTIONAL COUNCIL NEEDS WOMAN
Media Release, 16 May 1997, for Keith Jones Memorial Oration

Paper 6
THE FUTURE OF GOVERNORSHIP
Keith Jones Memorial Oration for 1997, Mentone Grammar School, 16 May 1997

Paper 7
RESPONSIBLE LAWYERS AND THE REPUBLIC DEBATE
Article published in Young Lawyers, June1997, p.2

Paper 8
RESPONSIBILITY FOR DEMOCRACY
Occasional Address at Graduation Ceremony, Monash University, 8 October 1997

Paper 9
NEW START IN REPUBLIC DEBATE
Media Release for Speech at Public Forum on the Republic, Town Hall, Maryborough, Victoria, 9 October 1997

Paper 10
REPUBLIC DEBATE NEEDS BUSINESS LEADER SKILLS
Media Release for Address at Annual Dinner of Australian Stock Exchange, Melbourne, 25 August, 1997

Paper 11
REPUBLIC DEBATE NEEDS BUSINESS LEADERS - NOW
Article published in ASX Perspective,1st Quarter, 1998, p. 46.

Paper 12
RECLAIM THE DEBATE ON OUR DEMOCRACY
Address on Launching Local Constitutional Conventions, Bendigo, Victoria, 9 November 1997

Paper 13
BREACHES IN THE DEBATE AVOIDANCE WALL
Article published in The Adelaide Review,No.171, December 1997, p. 20

Paper 14
THE SELF-SUFFIENCY OF THE McGARVIE MODEL
Article published in The Adelaide Review, No.173, February 1998, p. 14

Paper 15
BRING THE REPUBLIC DEBATE BACK TO EARTH
Article published under another heading in The Canberra Times, 1 January 1998, p. 9

Paper 16
FROM RANK OUTSIDER TO RUNNER-UP
Article published in The Age, 20 February1998, p. A15

Paper 17
PRESERVING THE DEMOCRATIC CHARACTER OF GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING THE ROLE OF THE COURTS
The 1998 Ronald Wilson Lecture, presented for the Constitutional Centre of Western Australia and The Francis Burt Law EducationCentre, Perth, 26 August 1998

Paper 18
RESOLVING THE REPUBLIC ISSUE BY 2005
Article published in (1998) 105 Victorian Bar News, p. 18

Paper 19
COURTS AND THEFUTURE: NEW STUMP JUMP PLOUGHS TO CULTIVATE OLD PADDOCKS
Opening Address, Third Annual Colloquium, Judicial Conference of Australia, Gold Coast, 7 November1998, published in (1999) 73 Australian Law Journal, p. 418

Paper 20
THE TIMELY RESOLUTION OFTHE REPUBLIC ISSUE
Paper presented to the National Conference of YAAR: Young Australians Against this Republic, Parliament House, Melbourne, 23 July 1999. Published in Rick Brown (ed.), The NO Case Papers, Standard Publishing House, Sydney, 1999, p.78

Paper 21
WHO'LL WIELD THE AXE IF THE HEAD MUST COME OFF?
Article published in The Australiani, 25 August1999, p. 13

Paper 22
SYMBOLISM AND DEMOCRACY
Opening Address, The Australian's Town Hall Meeting, Ballarat 29 August 1999

Paper 23
REFERENDUM FLAWS CANNOT BE IGNORED
Article published in The Sydney Morning Herald, 28 September 1999, p. 15

Paper 24
A DANGEROUS PLAN
Article published in The Age, 11 October 1999, p. 15

Paper 25
REFERENDUM AND FEDERATION
Media Release on views expressed to media at Albany, WA, 14 October 1999

Paper 26
TAKE THE TIME TO GET THE REPUBLIC RIGHT
Article published in the Sunday Times, Perth,17 October 1999

Paper 27
A CLASH BETWEEN YES THEORY,NO REALITY
Article published in The West Australian, 1 November 1999, p. 13

Paper 28
THE MODEL OF A FLAWED REPUBLIC
Article published in The Australian, 5 October 1999, p. 15

Paper 29
DON'T DODGE THE DEMOCRACY ISSUE
Article published in The Australian FinancialReview, 6 October 1999, p. 20

Paper 30
LAUNCH OF DEMOCRACY: CHOOSING AUSTRALIA'S REPUBLIC
Speech of Author at Launch of Book by Sir Ninian Stephen, Old Parliament House,Canberra, 6 October 1999

Paper 31
A PREDICTION: WE'LL BE A SAFE REPUBLIC BY ABOUT 2005
Article published in The Age, 5 November 1999, p. 27

Paper 32
HERE IS A WAY OUT
Article published in the Herald Sun, 9 November 1999,p. 18

Paper 33
SAFE CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE AT THE TURN OF THE MILLENNIUM
Paper presented to Comview 99, the annual conference of the Victorian Commercial Teachers Association, La Trobe University, 22 November 1999

Paper 34
A REPUBLIC STRONG IN DEMOCRACY
Report of Address to Classes of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology on 3 May 2000

Paper 35
RESOLVING THE REPUBLIC ISSUE AFTER THE 1999 REFERENDUM
Paper written by Richard E McGarvie in July 2000 for the McGarvie website

PART 2


Paper 36
FEDERATION'S LESSONS FOR RESTARTING THE STALLED MOVE TO RESOLVE THE REPUBLIC ISSUE
Speech made in launching John Lahey's book, The Faces of Federation: An Illustrated History, Royal Historical Society of Victoria, Melbourne, 29August 2000. Published as a book review. 'The Birth of a Nation', in Tirra Lirra, vol. 11, No. 1, Spring 2000, p.26.

Paper 37
THE WISDOM OF HINDSIGHT - THE 1999 REPUBLICAN REFERENDUM - LESSONS   FOR THE FUTURE
Opening Paper presented to the seminar of the Australian Association of Constitutional Law on Planning for a New Republic, Notre Dame University, Fremantle, 7 October 2000

Paper 38
COROWA PEOPLES CONFERENCE 2001:RESTARTING ANOTHER STALLED MOVE
Paper by Richard E McGarvie and Jack Hammond QC placed before the Mayor of  the Corowa Shire Council and members of the Corowa Federation Centenary2001 Committee at Corowa on 16 and 17 December 2000

Paper 39
DISCUSSION PAPER ON COROWA PEOPLES CONFERENCE 2001
Paper prepared for the Corowa Shire Council and the Corowa Federation Centenary 2001 Committee on 13 January 2001 by Richard E McGarvie and Jack Hammond QC

Paper 40
INVITATION TO COMMENT ON THE DRAFT PROGRAM AND PROPOSALS FOR THE COROWA PEOPLES CONFERENCE 2001 TO BE HELD ON 1-2 DECEMBER 2001

Paper 41
THE COROWA PEOPLES CONFERENCE 2001: APPLYING THE LESSONS OF 1893, 1895 AND 1999 TO RESOLVE THE AUSTRALIAN HEAD OF STATE ISSUE
Paper presented to a Seminar, School of Political and Social Inquiry, Monash University, 29 March 2001

Paper 42
THE HEAD OF STATE
Letter of Jack Hammond QC published in Quadrant, April 2001, No 375, p.5, responding to criticism of the holding of the Corowa Peoples Conference 2001 contained in the editorial of Quadrant, March 2001, No 374, p. 2

Paper 43
AUSTRALIAN HEAD OF STATE? THE FINAL STEP FROM COLONY TO NATION STATE
Article by Jack Hammond QC published in Overland, No. 163, Winter 2001, p.93

Paper 44
A PRACTICAL WAY OF EARLY RESOLUTION OF THE HEAD OF STATE ISSUE
Article by Richard E McGarvie published in (2001) 117 Victorian Bar News, p.38

Paper 45
THE FINAL DESIGN OF THE PEOPLES CONFERENCE COROWA 2001
By Richard E McGarvie

Paper 46
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE PROCESS PROPOSED BY RICHARD E MCGARVIE AND JACK HAMMOND QC.

Paper 47
PROCESS FOR EARLY RESOLUTION OF THE HEAD OF STATE ISSUE FOR THE WHOLE AUSTRALIAN FEDERATION
Proposed by Richard E. McGarvie and Jack Hammond QC

Paper 48
THE STATES IF AUSTRALIA SEPARATES FROM THE MONARCHY
Paper presented by Richard E McGarvie at the Australian Legal Convention, Canberra, 12 October 2001.

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