Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Hurumende yaHaward yakashevedza musangano weConstitutional Convention kuti uongorore nyaya yacho muna 1998. Nhume dzaibatanidza vakagadzwa uye vamiriri vakasarudzwa vaimiririra republicans, monarchists uye mapato asina kwaakarerekera. Musangano wacho wakakarakadza muenzaniso weRepublican uye referendamu yakadanwa kuti igamuchirwe nevhoti yeAustralia.
Referendamu yakaitwa musi wa6 November 1999 yakakundikana kuwana rutsigiro rwevazhinji vavhoti kana ruzhinji rwematunhu. Vhoti yenyika yevanosarudza vaitsigira kuti Australia ive republic yaiva 45.13%, ne54.87% vachiramba.