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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 04: A Royal Australian Airforce flypast in front of the Carillon during the renaming ofAspen Island in honour of Queen Elizabeth II as part of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee Celebrations on June 04, 2022 in Canberra, Australia. The Australian Government has renamed Aspen Island on Lake Burley Griffin to Queen Elizabeth II Island, in Her Majesty's honour to as part of The Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations marking 70 years of the Queen's dedication and service to Austr

PM renames island in Queen's honour

As Australia's Governor-General has suggested the country may not continue on as a constitutional monarchy once Queen Elizabeth II dies, Anthony Albanese has unveiled a new tribute to the monarch.

A big night for the Republic – but a long way to go

Republicans have a new spring in their step spurred by opposition leader Bill Shorten’s declaration that  "a Shorten Labor government will take the first real steps to have an Australian head of state in our first term of Government".