Over the years, I've noticed a down hill slide on the quality of spoken English, especially from some American's.
We are guilty too!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_English
"Strayan" English, a shortening of the word Australian
With over 1.1M English in the country;
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Australia
I think the English people in Australia will mostly keep The Monarchy in power over Australian Politics. And to be honest, I don't mind having a Queen who can actually boot out a bad Prime Minister. Given that The Queen has only stepped when it was needed... like every 10 to 20 years or so.... Lets face it, The Queen has a reasonable track record over a long period of time, compared to the 15 minutes (12 months, or whatever) that Julia has been at the top (it's a tough job - this is not a Julia bashing session).
I think the referendums on a Monarchy v's a Republic, will continue to be a 50-50 ball game for a while yet, and I would guess that 80-90% of the 1.1M English in Australia hold the balance of power. In reality there is probably another 1.1M kids of English parents, and maybe 60-80% of those would tick "monarchy". I'm guessing that's a 1 in 10 head start for The Monarchy...
For the record, I'll continue to camp out with The Monarchy. I can't see too many advantages of becoming a Republic. And if it's not badly broken, why fix it ! 
Well I was born in England, (nationalised myself in the mid 60s), but still don't like having a foreigner as head of state.
England's and Australian interests aren't always the same.
Australia has well and truly grown up now, it's time to stand on our own.
The only problem is coming up with a system that has an Australian (born or nationalised, but full time resident) as head of state, that works as well as the current system!
Certainly wouldn't want a clone of the American system.
We don't speak english. We speak Austrayan. Aren't you from Melbun Simondo.
Don't forget Austraya's national capital Canbra.
I am comfortable with the the monarchy (especially Kate's sister).
I just couldn't stand the site of a new flag.
Sounds fine to me Dinsdale, I'd need a lot of convincing that something else would be better.
I just saw a sticker with the words "f-ck off were full!".
I thought this was very interesting.
Were:
1. Second person singular and plural and first and third person plural past indicative of be.
2. Past subjunctive of be.
