Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Binciken yanayin siyasa a Ostiraliya daga 1970s zuwa yanzu ya nuna cewa, yayin da matsayin masarauta a matsayin shugaban kasa bai canza ba, wasu 'yan Australia sun yi jayayya da sauya tsarin mulki zuwa tsarin mulkin jamhuriya wanda, suna ba da shawara, zai fi dacewa da Commonwealth na Ostiraliya fiye da mulkin mallaka na yanzu. Yayin da kafofin hukuma na yanzu ke amfani da bayanin "shugaban kasa" ga masarauta, a cikin jagorancin zuwa
zaben raba gardama a shekarar 1999, Sir David Smith ya gabatar da wani bayani na daban, cewa Ostiraliya ta riga ta sami shugaban kasa a cikin mutum na Gwamna Janar, wanda tun daga 1965 ya kasance dan asalin Australiya. 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".