The republicans

Australia

Seventy-five percent of them wanted to be rid of the monarchy, according to opinion polls. In the words of one writer in the Sydney Morning Herald they wanted to dump a queen who is "living a life that’s a joke for most of us." Yet in the 6 November 1999 referendum Australians voted 55 to 45 percent not to change the constitution to allow the people to choose the head of state.
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Pointer Support for direct election grows

Pointer Australian Republican Movement

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