Slow move towards republic

Submitted by subed on Sun, 01/06/2008 - 09:50
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Advertiser editorial | 9 June 2008

IT IS a curiosity that the Queen was born on April 21, 1926, yet we celebrate her birthday with a public holiday in June.

The Queen is now 82 and has been Australia's formal head of state since her Coronation on June 2, 1953.

But the time is quietly, inexorably approaching when Australia must bring its formal association with the British royal family to a dignified close.

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