The Republic
Here’s a heads up. If you really want to know what Aussies in 2010 think about our country becoming a republic just flip a coin.
According to the odds, there’s a 50-50 chance of turning up the head of Queen Elizabeth.
Eleven years since a referendum was held to settle the republic debate, Australians seem just as divided about cutting their ties to a monarch living on the other side of the world.
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