Australia should become a republic when Queen Elizabeth II dies, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has said just days ahead of a general election.

Welsh-born Ms Gillard said the Queen’s death would be an “appropriate point” for Australia to move away from having a British monarch as head of state. The appropriate time for Australia to move towards a republic was when there was a change in monarch, even if that didn’t happen for another decade or more. … read the full story

This website also suggested in Considerations that this is indeed what should happen, and like Ms Gillard RepublicofAustralia.org also “has a deep affection (and respect)  for the 84-year-old monarch whom she wished a long and healthy life.”

“The Queen is Dead. Long Live the Republic of Australia!”

Admin note:  Australia is obviously a convenient stop off on Prince William’s trip home after his official visit to New Zealand.  While it’s wonderful that the Prince William who is 2nd in line and touted to be the next King of England has finally stopped by almost one year after the disasterous fires…  why wait a year? And again, where is the next in line for the throne, Prince Charles, the man who went to school in Victoria? To her credit, Princess Anne, 1oth in line for the throne did visit the area shortly after the fires, as mentioned in this post, Where is Our Head of State? .

Prince William has been travelling to townships north of Melbourne today, meeting survivors of last year’s bushfires on the final full day of his Australian visit.

The Prince’s visit comes just two weeks before the first anniversary of the Black Saturday bushfires that killed 173 people.

This morning the Prince was greeted by a large crowd of enthusiastic well-wishers outside the Whittlesea community centre.

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Prince Charles has claimed that the Royal Family is past its sell-by date and Australia should be made a republic.

The heir to the throne is alleged to have made the extraordinary comments about the monarchy during a tour Down Under where he is reported to have told told dinner guests that he couldn’t understand “why Australia bothered with us – we are really yesterday’s news”.

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The Governor-General, Quentin Bryce, says she shares the Prime Minister’s view that Australia will become a republic.

Mr Rudd has said in London that although the issue is not a top priority, he believes Australia will become a republic.

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The deadly Victorian bushfires in February 2009, were a horrific reminder of just how natural disasters can occur.

It is wonderful to have Princess Anne as the Queen’s representative and daughter visit the fire ravaged areas. Princess Anne told the remembrance ceremony:  “Individuals and towns have responded with resilience, ingenuity, courage and selflessness to situations that were changing at terrifying speed. “People from around Australia and across the world watched in horror but with admiration at their response. “

We do indeed thank her for taking the time to visit…

But where was our Queen of Australia?

And if the Queen is unable to journey to the antipodes, where was the second in line for the throne, the man who actually went to school in the fire ravaged state of Victoria.

Where was HRH The Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, the future King of Australia?

In 2005 when hurricane Katrina devastated Southern Florida, President Bush took time out from his busy schedule to visited the stricken states of his country.

Does Victoria only warrant a visit from the 10th in line for the Throne?

Where is our Head of State?

On January 1st, 1901, without war or revolution, the self-governing colonies of Great Britain became the federated states within the Commonwealth of Australia.

From the day when Captain Arthur Phillip finally landed at Sydney Cove on January 26, 1788, with the First Fleet, it was inevitable that His Majesty King George III’s  penal colony in New South Wales would one day become a nation.

It is just as inevitable that one day the nation of Australia will become a Republic, with an Australian replacing the British Monarch as Head of State .

Australians are all too aware aware that over past decades, there has been much discussion and debate about Australian Republicanism. But it is not a new discussion.

Many will be surprised that this discussion dates back to the mid 1800’s, and is as old as the move to nationhood itself. And it is as contentious today as it was then. In recent times there has been one major vexatious issue:

Should an Australian Head of State be elected by the people of Australia or should the Head of State be appointed by the Prime Minister /Federal Government?

Both models have their supporters who have a strong and unshakable belief that their solution is the correct one.

This site will put forward an alternative model which will bring both groups of supporters closer together and ultimately to Australia becoming a republic.

In the case put forward, it would a be method unique to Australia, where the Electorate of Australia will put forward candidates for their elected Representatives to make the final decision on who shall be the Head of State.

The model has been put into several section and each section has a dedicated webpage:

1. Introduction to the State Election Model (SEM)
2. Candidate Selection
3. Representative Election
4. Selection of an Australian Head of State
5. Considerations – Such as dismissal, length of term, and other issues
6. A Petition of  Support

With a belief that together Australians can create a model acceptable to the majority of Australians in the majority of States, please feel free to add comments that will contribute to the discussion at the bottom of each respective page.

Now is the time where all Australians can have a say in the way in how Australia  moves to a Republic.

All Australians should take ownership of this important responsibility. To step away from this decision now, will allow future generations to create a Republic of their choosing, one in which which the Australians of today will possibly have no say at all.

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