Reasons for an Australian Republic.
First of all, an Australian Republic is about the Australian people being unambiguously sovereign, in a truly independent Australian nation.
Even though these days Australia is certainly a functionally independent nation, under our Constitution a foreign monarch still stands at the apex of our system and is our formal head of state. Indeed, the Queen has far reaching powers under the Australia Constitution – including being able to disallow any law we pass within a year – which, by convention she declines.
First of all, an Australian Republic is about the Australian people being unambiguously sovereign, in a truly independent Australian nation.
Even though these days Australia is certainly a functionally independent nation, under our Constitution a foreign monarch still stands at the apex of our system and is our formal head of state. Indeed, the Queen has far reaching powers under the Australia Constitution – including being able to disallow any law we pass within a year – which, by convention she declines.
http://www.independentaustralia.net/2012/australian-identity/republic/the-case-for-an-australian-republic-2/