Australian Labour Party leader Kevin Rudd has said that a second referendum on making Australia a republic will be on the cards if his party forms the government after the general election later this year.
This was welcomed by Republic, the British anti-monarchy group. A representative of the Group said “Seeing Australia become a republic will rock the monarchy back here in the UK, and will provide us all with a shining example of what a modern democratic country can aspire to.”
Federal Environment Malcolm Turnball, who organised the last referendum, disagreed with Mr. Rudd on the timing of the vote. He believed that republicans would not win until Elizabeth Windsor the current head of state had died.