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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
National
Steph Brawn

Australians will want referendum on the monarchy, says Australian MP

The Sydney Opera House illuminated with a portrait of Queen Elizabeth in Sydney, Australia

AN Australian MP has said she believes her country will eventually become a republic following King Charles’s ascension to the throne.

Fiona Patten, who sits in the upper house of the Parliament of Victoria, said even though there was a deep affection for Queen Elizabeth in Australia, there is now a realisation that to be a “grown-up country” it must have an elected head of state.

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