> Meantime, here in Australia, well over a century after Federation, we are seen to be lacking confidence to go it alone, to run our own show, and are still pathetically clinging on to Mother Britain's skirts, even as Mother Britain races to the exits.
> It is time to end this farce. Both personally, and as chair of the Australian Republican Movement, I note there will never be a better time to have a Constitution that reflects the reality: we are our own people, forging our own destiny, and we need our own head of state.
> The Brits have turned their back on the EU, and good luck to them. But the EU is our second biggest trading partner. As ever, Australia's interests are different from Great Britain. We need a head of state who is one of us, to help steer that course!
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