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Originally Posted by Avimimus
God bless pubic apathy (I almost thought it was a Canadian invention).
One tyrant 3000 miles away!
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The roots of the republican debate in Australia go back to a time when the country was divided on class/religion lines. The self proclaimed "better" classes were protestant (Church of England) of English decent and committed Monarchists. The working/poorer people tended to be Catholic and of either Irish or Italian descent and wanted a republic.
The protestant/catholic divide has faded in recent years and the monarchist debate confused with all sorts of modern political hype. But at essence its still the same divide.