(Kyle, p 43, 0000) A republic movement had been whispered as early as 1880, (Baker, p51, 1994), but at that time republicanism was seen as a nuisance, a radical idea and was given little thought although some notable Australians such as Henry Lawson, and papers such as Sunday Telegraph and Sydney Times advocated it. It wasn"tmt until 1991 that the Republic debate sparked national interest that was to last almost twelve years.
Malcolm Turnbull, the leader of the Australian Republic Movement challenged Australia to take the next steps to become a republic by 2001, the centenary of Federation (Baker, p51, 1994).
The republican movement has since sought to replace the Queen and her representative, the Governor General, with a popularly elected Head of State (Healy, p10, 1998) Instead of the Queen appointing a representative on the Prime Ministers advice. The Republic Advisory Committee in a rele
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orces went under the name Australian Imperial Forces, and a great deal of men enlisted to fight for "Mother England" (Kyle, p 34, 1992) The Federation of Australia"tms states was centered on the introduction of the Australian constitution, a document that was well suited to the imperialistic view Australia had for itself at the time. (Kyle, p 43, 0000) A republic movement had been whispered as early as 1880, (Baker, p51, 1994), but at that time republicanism was seen as a nuisance, a radical idea and was given little thought although some notable Australians such as Henry Lawson, and papers such as Sunday Telegraph and Sydney Times advocated it. It wasn"tmt until 1991 that the Republic debate sparked national interest that was to last almost twelve years.
An elected Head of State was said by monarchists to be to "hard to suit a multicultural society" (Baker, p49, 1993) To state it very plainly, the Head of State is the King or Queen of England. The Head of State at the moment is Queen Elizabeth II. The next Head of State is Prince Charles. Prince Charles will inherit the position of Head of State from his mother. So how can a position that is inherited by someone because of who there parents are suit a multicultural society any better than elected one At least with the proposed elected Head of State Australians at least get a say who they would prefer. (Hudson and Carter, p76, 1993)
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