Australia's new government is seeking to remove the Queen as its head of state after being bound to Great Britain for over 200 years.
The news was announced just two days before Britain was set to celebrate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee, with Her Majesty becoming the first UK Monarch to celebrate 70 years of service.
Australia’s newly elected Labor leader, Anthony Albanese, created a new role in his government of “assistant minister for the republic" and raised the prospect of a referendum on whether to replace the Queen as head of state.