A republic would have no bearing at all on the things Alan B is chuntering on about. And yes, why does he bother? Does he really think that people are going to come around to his way of thinking merely because he is an ear-basher. I never read his over-long tirades.

No republic.

diver can,

Definitely no republic. The same people who are wrecking Australia now are the republic pushers. Change for the sake of change is their motto.

In the 21st Century we should no longer see ourselves
as an outpost of empire, fearfully perched on the
edge of Asia. After all we no longer take a narrow
race-based notion of citizenship. Today we count people
of every nation, culture, tradition and faith as our
own. We should go to our region and globally proudly
independent declaring that we are no longer going to
borrow a monarch from another country on the other side
of the world.

Constitutional change is not beyond Modern Australia.
Our courts can interpret it, put in safeguards, our
Parliament can offer it. We can make our Constitution
truly Australian, truly ours. Our Constitution should
not exist as a passive, archaic, formality but a
reflection of who we are as Australians. Our Constitution
came into being as an Act of the British Parliament and
116 years later our nation has changed, our place in
the world has changed and our Constitution should change
with it.

Of course with the Republic there will always be people
who say this is an idea that can wait for a better time,
at a later date. It's not a new argument or a strong one.
There were people who thought that Medicare would be
unworkable, the minimum wage - unaffordable. Some people
called universal Super a "con-job." That the National
Disability Insurance Scheme could wait, and the list goes
on.

(This was taken in part from an article in the Sydney Morning
Herald a few years ago. I thought the arguments given made
sense).

come on TTBN, Triggs is looking for a job. Mabe she could be our first President.

I think now might be the right time to reverting to a colony because we haven't come very far as a nation.
Every time someone asks for troops to handle a situation that has nothing to do with us I'd like to see a politician leading them into the fray.
The UK on the left on the US on the right we just don't know which butt cheek to kiss first.
We're told it's for security but in reality it's for what is being dug out of the ground on behalf of the international shareholders.
There was never a plan to have Australia as a stand alone entity, certainly not a Republic, with half the politicians in England with pursed lips seeking a possible knighthood, and the other half in the US looking for a deal that's going to set them up for life.
Societies,in general,do not embrace change.
Even the masses migrating come to Australia for money, with the establishment telling us it's because of our warm hospitality, clean shark marauding beaches and wonderful Australian cuisine.
Nope....Hail the Colony....we just have to find someone stupid enough to take on the responsibility