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Hate to say it but our anthem is fairly meh, can we change that first?
A lot of people have fought and died under that flag, why should we change it and what is our right to do so?
Canada changed its flag in 1965 and its losses in WW1 and WW2 were slightly more than Australia's. Their diggers seemed to have moved on.
I've actually thought of a reason to change the flag. It's nearly exactly the same as New Zealand. Nothing against my Kiwi brothers but they are just too close.
Nice one! The flagsthe flag or them??
Canada changed its flag in 1965 and its losses in WW1 and WW2 were slightly more than Australia's. Their diggers seemed to have moved on.
pure semanticsYou are incorrect, see post #10.
I'm happy to be a republic but my main question would be why? What would change? If New Zealand is such a great republic why are you and so many of your countrymen living here?
Lots of diggers would view it as a symbol representing the many things they fought for in the various conflicts.
Keating got into hot water over this but I agree with his view. Think of things like the fall of Singapore and how Churchill was unwilling to release our troops to defend ourselves.
Will changing the legal definition of what the State of Australia is achieve that?
If establishing an Australian identity is so important, then we need to do away with the States. Internal political reconfiguration is more relevant to establishing a true Australian identity than whether the Commonwealth of Australia is a Constitutional Monarchy or a Democratic Republic.
I reckon that the Players in our region that we trade and socialise with don't really give a flying fig what status our country is. Does your judgement of a country or its people get coloured by the status of said country?