Australia ‘needs to become a republic’: Bandt calls for change in wake of Queen’s death

Greens and Australian republicans push for discussion of constitutional change but prime minister Albanese says today's not a day for politics'

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The death of Queen Elizabeth has instantly reignited discussion about an Australian republic, with the Greens leader, Adam Bandt, using a condolence message to the British monarch to again push for the constitutional change.

Fellow Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi also called a republic to be advanced but went further, saying she cannot mourn the leader of a racist empire".

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