@Rhian send the royal family here to New Zealand if you like…we can give them Hobbiton as somewhere to live 
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I was just discussing similar with my good wife about Scotland, the last real link Her Majesty the Queen has now gone, Charles doesn’t have that close link with Scotland that his mother had. So there is now no longer a need for Scotland to be part of a United Kingdom.
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Ah wasn’t that some Australian bloke?
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The now POW, William has made his views clear.
https://news.sky.com/story/prince-william-suggests-commonwealth-could-be-led-by-a-non-royal-one-day
“Catherine and I are committed to service,” he said.
“For us, that’s not telling people what to do. It is about serving and supporting them in whatever way they think best, by using the platform we are lucky to have. It is why tours such as this reaffirm our desire to serve the people of the Commonwealth and to listen to communities around the world.”
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I suppose whoever is in one of the many palaces makes very little difference to the ordinary people. Life goes on, we might watch them on the tv, launching a ship or doing a Christmas message but other than that no real impact on our lives?
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This is just my view but for Australia to become a republic in practice little would change. Even the name, the Governor General wouldn’t need to change merely that he no longer represents the monarch. I am not in favour of an elected GG but one appointed by Parliament - effectively the same as happens now. In theory the GG is selected by the Parliament for the Monarch’s approval but in the past it is just a rubber stamp.
The Constitution would need a few changes but everything else would be the same except there would be no foreign Monarch as head of state and the GG would be a figurehead with merely ceremonial powers and parliament would be supreme.
Having said that there are plenty that want an elected Head of State.
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And why not, an era has passed time to reevaluate and move on
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Time to move on, maybe become an Australian State! 
Just kidding
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An Era has definitely passed.
The Commonwealth will do what it wants, which is as it should be.
Here in the UK there is a discussion to be had, what do we want?
A Monarchy or an Elected President?
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Australia and New Zealand may well decide on new national flags as an image of independent countries, with a new identity and direction. Republican movement need to be patient, for now.
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@Cinderella a few years ago the previous government here held a referendum to change the flag…at an expense of 26 million!
The result? Status quo
Nearly every single country from around the world was represented in Australia’s population in 2020.
England (980,400) continued to be the largest group of overseas-born living in Australia. However, this decreased from just over a million, recorded throughout the period 2012 to 2016
Those born in India (721,000) were in second place, with an increase of 56,300 people
Chinese-born (650,600) fell to third place, with 17,300 fewer people
Those born in Australia (18.0 million) increased 211,400 during the year.
Might be the reason.
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A fair few of us Kiwis flock there too
As far as I am aware there is no push at all for a change of flag.
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This may be of interest. Took a long time. Strewth!
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A private organisation tried to raise interest in a new flag many years ago, even held a competition to design a new flag, the announcement of a winner merely raised a yawn. No one is interested, a new national anthem and a republic are streets ahead in importance and even they are not stirring up great enthusiasm,
Anyway we would miss the fun when people get the Kiwi and the Aussie flag mixed up.
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Which country has stolen the most from other countries?
United States. Due to its large population, the large number of companies and its adoption of technology, the United States easily surpasses all other countries in terms of the amount of identities stolen. In fact, its stolen identities number more than double those of the rest of the top nine combined.
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