Sasha Barbagat

Yeah, no, that's a fair point.

King Charles himself recently stated that he wouldn't stand in the way, and I don't think he necessarily is in a position that he could, but he wouldn't stand in the way of Australia becoming a republic, that it is the choice of the Australian people.

So why not put it to the people again and ask them the question?

Look, before we let you go, what do you make of the campaign launched by the Australian Republic movement to, quote, wave goodbye to the royal reign while King Charles is here?

Do you think it's offensive?

That was Alexander Valtz from the Australian Monarchist League presenting his side's case.

Now let's hear from the Australian Republic movement's Esther Anatolitis, who I'm sure is itching to respond to some of Alexander's claims.

Esther, welcome to The Briefing.

We'll get into your rebuttals of some of the pro-monarchy movement's claims shortly.

But first off, are you excited for the King and Queen's visit?

Why do you and why does the movement think that Australia should become a republic?

I'm curious, you said that, you know, he's a part-time head of state.

What difference would a full-time, quote-unquote, head of state make?

Now, prior to yourself coming on, we did speak to Alexander Valtz from the Australian Monarchist League.

And one of the main arguments that he put forward was why distance ourselves from the status quo when it works so well?

Now, he had a couple of additional points that I will get to.

But first off, let's address that issue.

What we have now...

arguably, works.

We don't pay money to the British monarchy.