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[soaky]

The question was whether we wanted a head of state appointed by a two-thirds majority vote by both houses of parliament. It wasn't a simple 'do you want Australia to become a republic' (or similar) which should have then started the process of deciding and voting on an appropriate model. This is what Latham is now proposing.

There is a lot of support for becoming a republic (IMO) - but one where the people appoint the head of state, not parliament. Bearing in mind the head of state role isn't a presidential role in the US style, we'd still have the prime minister in an actual governing role.