#12. The seperation bit is the usual crap put out by the media probably listening to someone in a pub , just so they can have a say that it was authentic. Australia has a Constitution and a bunch of romancers of the truth is not going to alter. The Republican bit may of though for the whole Nation if it had cropped up again and been voted on. And the Euro question not resolved may have gone to the finishing post. The Queen apart from being the Queen of England Scotland and Wales , is also Queen of Australia and many other Democracys in the world. Many people dont realize this, well your pollies in the UK better had if they dont want to be known as the ones who gave the Commonwealth away. To many ex pats living in Australia the future of this country rests in the future of the Royal Family. Australia today is a country with allegiance to the Monarchy , but with less and less of those with that allegiance coming from different parts of the world things will change in time. To me to have to give allegiance to foreigners in Europe would not be acceptable. To others wouldnt matter, you already have a fifth column in the UK working to those ends or havent the UK realized it yet. JS..