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| Labor will put Australian republic to vote in first term if it wins next election | Labor will put Australian republic to vote in first term if it wins next election |
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| Bill Shorten uses speech to republican movement to argue Australia should not wait for a change of monarch to activate the debate | |
| Katharine Murphy Political editor | |
| Fri 28 Jul 2017 12.49 BST | |
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| Bill Shorten says Labor will activate the process towards Australia becoming a republic if he wins the next election, and put a question to the voters by the end of his first term in office. | Bill Shorten says Labor will activate the process towards Australia becoming a republic if he wins the next election, and put a question to the voters by the end of his first term in office. |
| The Labor leader will use a speech to the Australian Republican Movement to lay out a concrete timetable for a referendum, and argue Australia should not wait for a change of monarch to activate the debate. | The Labor leader will use a speech to the Australian Republican Movement to lay out a concrete timetable for a referendum, and argue Australia should not wait for a change of monarch to activate the debate. |
| Shorten will pledge to make a member of a newly elected Labor ministry responsible for advancing the republican push post election, “and – by the end of our first term – we will put a simple, straightforward question to the people of Australia”. | Shorten will pledge to make a member of a newly elected Labor ministry responsible for advancing the republican push post election, “and – by the end of our first term – we will put a simple, straightforward question to the people of Australia”. |
| “Do you support an Australian republic with an Australian head of state?” | “Do you support an Australian republic with an Australian head of state?” |
| Shorten will argue if a yes vote prevails, then there can be a secondary argument about how the new head of state is chosen. | Shorten will argue if a yes vote prevails, then there can be a secondary argument about how the new head of state is chosen. |
| He will tell the republican movement they cannot repeat the mistakes of the 1999 referendum, and give Australians one vote in order to settle two questions. | He will tell the republican movement they cannot repeat the mistakes of the 1999 referendum, and give Australians one vote in order to settle two questions. |
| Shorten will argue that a lot of people voted no at the last referendum because they did not like the model, not because they opposed being a republic. | Shorten will argue that a lot of people voted no at the last referendum because they did not like the model, not because they opposed being a republic. |
| “The first, clear question we ask the people should be whether we want an Australian head of state”. | “The first, clear question we ask the people should be whether we want an Australian head of state”. |
| The Labor leader will say it is entirely possible for Australians to vote for a republic and still respect Queen Elizabeth. | The Labor leader will say it is entirely possible for Australians to vote for a republic and still respect Queen Elizabeth. |
| “We can vote for a republic and still win gold medals at the Commonwealth games. We can vote for a republic and recognise that Will and Kate have two seriously cute kids,” Shorten will say. | “We can vote for a republic and still win gold medals at the Commonwealth games. We can vote for a republic and recognise that Will and Kate have two seriously cute kids,” Shorten will say. |
| “We can vote for a republic and still binge-watch The Crown on Netflix. And we can vote for a republic without derailing the business of government, or the priorities of this nation.” | “We can vote for a republic and still binge-watch The Crown on Netflix. And we can vote for a republic without derailing the business of government, or the priorities of this nation.” |
| Malcolm Turnbull – a former leading light in the push for Australia to become a republic in 1999 – is now of the view Australia should not proceed down that path while while Queen Elizabeth is on the throne. | Malcolm Turnbull – a former leading light in the push for Australia to become a republic in 1999 – is now of the view Australia should not proceed down that path while while Queen Elizabeth is on the throne. |
| He now characterises himself as an “Elizabethan”. | He now characterises himself as an “Elizabethan”. |
| Last December the prime minister called for a national plebiscite to decide whether to propose an Australian republic with a directly elected or appointed president, arguing this approach would help build public ownership of the debate. | Last December the prime minister called for a national plebiscite to decide whether to propose an Australian republic with a directly elected or appointed president, arguing this approach would help build public ownership of the debate. |
| Shorten will argue in his speech it is incongruous for the government to promote a citizenship debate heavy on “Australian values” when our system is geared towards an allegiance to Britain. | Shorten will argue in his speech it is incongruous for the government to promote a citizenship debate heavy on “Australian values” when our system is geared towards an allegiance to Britain. |
| “Last month, the prime minister demanded that new migrants join us as patriots. He and the minister for immigration have repeatedly flagged tougher tests, so migrants sign-up to Australian values. | “Last month, the prime minister demanded that new migrants join us as patriots. He and the minister for immigration have repeatedly flagged tougher tests, so migrants sign-up to Australian values. |
| “Yet, fond as they may be, the British monarch can hardly be an Australian patriot, or even a loyal citizen, and will never sign up to our so-called values. | “Yet, fond as they may be, the British monarch can hardly be an Australian patriot, or even a loyal citizen, and will never sign up to our so-called values. |
| “On the contrary, our allegiance implies that we have signed up to theirs.” | “On the contrary, our allegiance implies that we have signed up to theirs.” |
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