text: should australia become a republic?   i love the queen and think she is grand, but having her as our head of state is a bit obsolete and i think we should become a republic.  that being said, it would require a major constitutional change.  this is what we had problems with when it came to the last referrendum on the subject.  instead of asking if we wanted the republic or not, and then deciding the model, we were presented with a pretty wishy washy model and asked if we wanted that kind of republic or not.  all those who wanted the monachy to stay voted no, but then a lot of us republican supporters also voted no because that model was unacceptable to us.  i think there would have been a very different outcome if the question or the model was different, but then we won't have a chance to try  it again while our current government is in power.  for the time being, we need to go on with tradition.