One hundred and ten years later and we are still looking at the queen as our head of state despite the major changes in the structure of our government and country over this time.
It's only a matter of time before Australia separates itself from it's Monarchy big sister Great Britain and becomes a republic. As we approach the later years of Her Majesty the Queen's life we realise that she won't be our head of state forever and brings about perfect opportunity to restructure our government. There are a few ways that have been suggested to make this happen, and brings forward great debate over what the best path is. Should there be a new head of state elected (i.e. a President) should they be elected by the citizens of Australia or by the Prime Minister and if there was not to be a new head of state what would happen to the current structure of the government. Well I suppose I don't have an answer for all of that but it seems to me the general public would feel as though you are stripping them of their contribution to the country if it's not at least in part a public vote.
Personally I'm not particularly displease that we still have the Queen as our head of state but I do think that we don't have as much need for her as we use to. Perhaps becoming a Republic Nation will instil some greater sense of patriotism within Australian (because we know there is need for more patriotism in Australia) Plus think about all of the extra public holidays that we could be gaining.
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