Australian Republican Movement
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| Chairperson | Peter FitzSimons |
| Founded | July 1991 |
| Ideology | Australian republicanism |
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The Australian Republic Movement (ARM) is a non-partisan member-driven organisation campaigning for Australia to become an independent republic.
The ARM was founded on July 7, 1991. Its first chairman was novelist Thomas Keneally, with other founding members including current Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, former Australian cricket captain, Ian Chappell, and film director Fred Schepisi. It is currently headed by journalist and author Peter FitzSimons.
The Australian republic referendum held on 6 November 1999 was a two-question referendum to amend the Constitution of Australia. For some years opinion polls had suggested that a majority of the electorate favoured a republic. Nonetheless, the republic referendum was defeated due to a range of factors, including a lack of bi-partisanship and division among republicans on the method proposed for selection of the president.
The ARM is seeking to bring about an Australian republic through a national plebiscite on the questions:
A referendum would follow offering a choice between adopting the form of republic approved by the plebiscite or remaining a constitutional monarchy.
The ARM argues that Australia should replace the Monarchy of the United Kingdom to become a republic with an Australian head of state. The benefits of this system are a head of state that can exclusively represent Australian interests, a system that better aligns with democratic institutions, a fully independent constitution and a head of state that can represent Australian values.
The ARM currently operates staffed campaign offices in Sydney and Canberra, and has branches active in every state and territory. A majority of parliamentarians currently support Australia becoming a republic.
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