Calls for Australia’s head of state to be someone ‘democratically selected’

The Australian Republic Movement’s Co-Chair Esther Anatolitis says Australia won’t be a fully democratic country until its head of state is someone “democratically selected”. “We do love a visiting show, but we also love fairness, equality, justice … it just doesn’t make sense in this day and age that Australia’s head of state is the monarch of another country appointed by birthright,” Ms Anatolitis told Sky News host Chris Kenny. “We won’t be a fully democratic country until our head of state is someone that we democratically selected, works for us full time and is accountable to all of us as Australians.”