Australia will never become mature as a nation until it becomes a republic. For over one hundred years, Australia has been acting and governing itself almost entirely autonomous of Britain. It has developed a significant culture, and national identity of it?s own, vastly different to that of Britain and yet it retains the British monarch as its head of state. The monarch is a now obsolete parental figure, overshadowing Australia, its part in world …showed first 75 words of 859 total…

…showed last 75 words of 859 total…itself as an independent, powerful, industrial nation, and its next step on this course is to sever the old ties to Britain. Bibliography. Cassidy, F 1997, If it?s broke, fix it!, viewed 10 May 2004, <http://www.republic.org.au/ARM-2001/speeches&articles/spa_cassidy1.htm> Keneally, T 1992, The Australian Republican Movement, viewed 10 May 2004, <http://www.republic.org.au/ARM-2001/speeches&articles/spa_keneally1.htm>