Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Binciken yanayin siyasa a Ostiraliya daga shekarun 1970 zuwa yanzu ya nuna cewa, yayin da matsayin masarauta a matsayin shugaban kasa bai canza ba, wasu 'yan Australiya sun yi jayayya a kan sauya tsarin mulki zuwa tsarin mulkin jamhuriya wanda za su ba da shawara, ya fi dacewa da Commonwealth na Australia fiye da mulkin mallaka na yanzu. Yayin da kafofin hukuma na yanzu ke amfani da bayanin "shugaban kasa" ga masarauta, a cikin jagorancin zaben raba gardama na jamhuriya
a cikin 1999, Sir David Smith ya ba da wani bayani na madadin, cewa Ostiraliya ta riga ta sami shugaban ƙasa a cikin mutum na Gwamna Janar, wanda tun daga 1965 ya kasance ɗan ƙasar Ostiraliya ne. Wannan ra'ayi yana da wasu goyon baya a cikin rukunin Australiya don Tsarin Mulki na Tsarin Mulki. An tsara shi ne don magance ƙin yarda da 'yan jamhuriya, kamar Jam'iyyar Republican ta Australiya, cewa babu wani dan Australiya da zai iya zama, ko kuma ya shiga cikin zaɓar, shugaban ƙasar Australiya. Wani babban littafi na dokokin tsarin mulki na Australiya ya faɗi haka: "Sarauniyar, wadda Gwamna Janar ke wakilta a Australiya, ita ce shugaban ƙasar Australiya".