Don’t you Australians sometimes wonder why Australia has not become a republic yet even though some of the biggest countries in the world have? Australia is currently a monarchy, with a de facto head of state that serves the British representatives rather than his own people. As the situation currently stands, the british representatives will always put their country first rather than Australia in different circumstances and rightly so. In order to take the the last step to becoming a fully independent nation and having a head of state that serves his own people and would put Australia’s interests first rather than the British King or Queen, Australia absolutely needs to abandon the British monarchy and become a republic.
One of the crucial reasons why we must become a republic is to have our own head of state. …show more content…
Based on a poll conducted by the ANU Australian Electoral Study in 2016 over 52.5% people voted in favour of having an Australian head of state. If the public is ready for a change why isn’t the government? In order to move forward as a country and become a fully independent nation we need to have an Australian as our head of state instead of someone living on the other side of the world. Also us being a monarchy stops our own people to become a head of state.The british monarchy forbids Australian people of a simple right, the right to dream, the right of becoming a leader of their own country. The British way of doing things does not represent Australia, yes it worked 200 years ago and helped us a lot but we are past that time in history, we have grown as a nation and no longer need the British to help us out and that is why i ask the question Why have we not become a republic
One of the crucial reasons why we must become a republic is to have our own head of state. …show more content…
Based on a poll conducted by the ANU Australian Electoral Study in 2016 over 52.5% people voted in favour of having an Australian head of state. If the public is ready for a change why isn’t the government? In order to move forward as a country and become a fully independent nation we need to have an Australian as our head of state instead of someone living on the other side of the world. Also us being a monarchy stops our own people to become a head of state.The british monarchy forbids Australian people of a simple right, the right to dream, the right of becoming a leader of their own country. The British way of doing things does not represent Australia, yes it worked 200 years ago and helped us a lot but we are past that time in history, we have grown as a nation and no longer need the British to help us out and that is why i ask the question Why have we not become a republic