Australia’s regional leaders favor abandoning monarchy

‘Australian leaders say the nation shouldn’t wait for the end of Queen Elizabeth II’s reign to become a republic. Seven of Australia’s eight state and territory leaders have signed a declaration urging for a homegrown head of state to replace the monarch.

The only state leader not to sign the document, on the eve of Australia Day, was Western Australian Premier Colin Barnett.

He said he was also in favor of a republic, but didn’t believe that “the time was right.”’

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