If the issue of Australia becoming a republic is a marathon rather than a sprint, the republicans never had a chance. Enduring, after all, is what monarchies do. Republican sentiment has become rather marginal since the crushing defeat of the 1999 referendum, with the denizens of the Australian Republican Movement sounding more like sore losers than serious contenders.
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