As a "Republican" Australian I firmly believe we have no use for the Royals. It is embarrassing that the Queen is our head of state, the highest authority. We l

As a "Republican" Australian I firmly believe we have no use for the Royals. It is embarrassing that the Queen is our head of state, the highest authority. We lost our chance at a referendum for becoming a republic in 1999, I hope we get the chance again. Our Governer General is appointed by the monarch as her representative. That person is, among other things, Commander-in-Chief our military! In the past the GG has dismissed a sitting Prime Minister (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975_Australian_constitutional_crisis https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975_Australian_constitution...). That is some crazy shit. The biggest obstruction to becoming a republic is the apathy of the average Australian, and the argument that becoming a republic would be prohibitively expensive for little benefit. There is no appetite to be rid of the monarchy, people are mostly satisfied with the status quo.