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With Prince Charles set to visit Australia at the end of February, the majority of Australians (51%, up 2% since 2000) believe Australia should become a Republic with an elected President.

When asked if Australia should remain a Monarchy or become a Republic if Prince Charles were to be crowned King, support for Australia to become a Republic rose 10% to 61%.

Only 30% of Australians supported an Australian Monarchy under the future King Charles, with 9% undecided, a special telephone Morgan Poll finds.

Results amongst electors were similar to results from all respondents, with 52% (up 3% since 2000) of electors Australia-wide saying Australia should become a Republic. Forty percent (unchanged) of respondents said Australia should remain a Monarchy with a further 8% undecided.

Support amongst electors for a Republic with an elected President was below 50% only in Tasmania (49%) and South Australia (47%).

Electors in New South Wales were most likely to support the change to a Republic, at 55%, followed by electors in Queensland (52%). Support for an Australian Republic was at 51% in both Victoria and Western Australia .

With any successful referendum requiring a majority in at least four States, and the bulk of undecided electors usually voting ‘No’ in referenda, the current mood in Australia would only just support a change to an Australian Republic .

This special telephone Morgan Poll was conducted on the evenings of February 16/17, 2005, with 622 respondents aged 14 and over, including 547 electors, Australia-wide.

Gary Morgan: Office: (03) 9224 5213 Mobile : 0411 129 094 Home: (03) 9419 3242

Michele Levine: Office (03) 9224 5215 Mobile 0411 129 093   Home (03) 9817 3066

Q1. Should Australia remain a Monarchy?

All Australians aged 14 and over were asked:   “In your opinion, should Australia remain a MONARCHY — or become a REPUBLIC with an elected President?”

	Total Respondents
	Jun	Oct	Dec	Apr	Aug	Jan	Jan	Jul	Jul	Mar	Apr	Dec	Nov
	1953*	1969*	1975	1977	1981	1983	1984	1988	1991	1992	1993	1993	1994
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Monarchy	77	64	61	62	59	60	62	64	56	49	38	48	40
Republic	15	24	28	26	28	28	30	29	36	44	52	44	50
Undecided	8	12	11	12	13	12	8	7	8	7	10	8	10
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

           * Electors 18+

	Total Respondents								Aged 18+			Under 18
	Jul	Jun	Sep	Dec	Feb	Nov	Mar/Apr	Feb 16/17	Total		Non-
	1995	1996	1997	1997	1998	1999	2000	2005	18+	Electors	electors	14-17
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Monarchy	39	42	37	38	37	38	39	40	39	40	28	50
Republic	49	47	53	51	52	54	49	51	52	52	38	37
Undecided	12	11	10	11	11	8	12	9	9	8	34	13
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Total Electors				Analysis by State
	Dec 1997/	Nov	Mar/Apr	Feb 16/17
	Feb 1998	1999	2000	2005	NSW	VIC	QLD	SA	WA	TAS
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Monarchy	38	39	40	40	37	42	36	46	43	51
Republic	51	54	49	52	55	51	52	47	51	49
Undecided	11	7	11	8	8	7	12	7	6	-
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

Q2. Should Australia remain a Monarchy if Prince Charles were crowned King?

Respondents who answered ‘Monarchy’ or ‘Undecided’ in Question 1 were then asked:   “If Prince Charles were to be crowned King, in your opinion, should Australia remain a MONARCHY - or become a REPUBLIC with an elected President?"

The following table shows that of all people surveyed, only 30% would support a Monarchy with Prince Charles as Head of State.

Total Respondents		Aged 18+			Under 18
	Feb 16/17	Total		Non-
	2005	18+	Electors	electors	14-17
	%	%	%	%	%
Monarchy	30	30	30	18	30
Republic	61	62	62	58	52
Undecided	9	8	8	24	18
Total	100	100	100	100	100

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