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Originally Posted by bugalugs
Yes - nobody wants the Queen or her rellos - we are all agreed on that.
But does anyone really want to change our system of Government?
Surely we just need a quick referendum - cross out everything in the Constitution that refers to "The Crown" - and change it to "Governor-General". Does anyone want any more than that?
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well this time the Rudd government will be drafting a referendum on a republic differently from the Howard plebecite fiasco a few years ago.
It will done in 2 stages this time
First referendum will be simple "do you want a republic?"
If the referendum is passed then the 2nd referendum will be drafted to vote on a type of republic suitable for Australia and its people
(Howard purposefully included a crazy republican model that divided everybody and linked it directly with the question of whether we should become a republic - and of course the referendum was knocked back by the people - not because they didnt want a republic, but rather they didnt want that model - Howard was a genius at dividing Australians based on wealth and class as well as trying to make the greedy feel comfortable and less guilty by giving them everything)