From Newsgroup: aus.politics
On Mon, 05 Jan 2026 21:06:43 +1100
Bruce <
Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
only fools donrCOt submit to her Highness.
Yes, but I'm a Republican!
Some such thing in Oz, mate, but they seem not to be all that
socially conservative yet.
"Republicanism in Australia is a movement to change Australia's system
of government from a constitutional monarchy to a republic; presumably,
a form of parliamentary republic that would replace the monarch of
Australia (currently King Charles III) with a non-royal Australian head
of state. It is opposed to monarchism in Australia. Republicanism was
first espoused in Australia before Federation in 1901. After a period
of decline following Federation, the movement again became prominent at
the end of the 20th century after successive legal and socio-cultural
changes loosened Australia's ties with the United Kingdom.
Democrats
The Australian Democrats, Australia's third party from the 1970s until
the 2000s, strongly supported a move towards a republic through a
system of an elected head of state through popular voting.[136]"
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