Foreign Minister: ‘Republic can wait’

Submitted by subed on Sun, 01/06/2008 - 10:45
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By David Murray| 6 June 2008

MOST Australians do not want to create a republic while Queen Elizabeth II is still on the throne, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith has claimed.

"It's our Government's policy that we move to an Australian republic but the Prime Minister has made it clear it's not something that he sees as being our first priority," Mr Smith said on a visit to London.

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