On Fri, 08 Apr 2016 09:51:00 +1000, Jeßus > wrote:

>On Fri, 08 Apr 2016 09:30:02 +1000, Bruce > wrote:
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>>But it might lead to the republic. Isn't the succession when they'll
>>hold the new plebiscite?
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>Yes, first we have the plebiscite then go from there.
>
>Personally, I don't care either way, since I'm not the slightest bit
>patriotic. As long as it doesn't cost hundreds of millions of $ to
>change to a republic I'm fine with it. In practice it's a purely
>symbolic thing as the royals have little to no impact on the day to
>day running of our government and becoming a republic likewise will
>cause little change.

It's the same here in Canada but I do have some concerns that if we do
away with the monarchy, the replacement would cost far more than the
Queen costs per head Canadian, imagine it would be the same in
Australia.

We have a Governor General as the Queens rep, he/she is appointed by
the sitting government but as ever, it's a patronage thing and already
costly. So if that position becomes more significant, heaven only
knows where the cost would go. Assume it is similar in Australia.