Still not enough support for Australia to become a republic despite change of monarch

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Australian Women's Weekly Editor-at-large, Juliet Rieden ... Says despite the change of monarch, there isn't currently enough support for Australia to become a republic.

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00:00 Obviously the Republican movement is in there trying to barrack for a republic and trying

00:08 to prepare the nation to move forward.

00:11 We've got an assistant minister for the republic, first time ever, and he also will be looking

00:16 to see if there is public support, enough public support for a referendum should Anthony

00:22 Albanese get a second term.

00:24 But my understanding with the people is there's not a lot of support for it yet.

00:31 I think we need to see the king here.

00:33 He hasn't visited yet and I think that that should happen quite soon and then we will

00:40 see what the response is and how people feel.

00:43 I think we expected lots of ranting and railing but actually King Charles has proved to be

00:50 doing his job very well.

00:52 He's proved a lot of his ideas on conservation, on sustainable building, have a lot of resonance

00:58 here in Australia.

00:59 He has his own charity here in Australia.

01:02 He's got a strong connection with this country.

01:04 So even though if long term we're talking about a republic, I don't think there's any

01:09 urgency that the people feel to have it now.

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