Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mune zvematongerwo enyika, McGuire aive mushandirapamwe akakurumbira weAustralia republicanism (rwendo rwekutsiva Mambokadzi weAustralia semusoro wenyika yeAustralia). Akasarudzwa semumiriri wekumiririra Victoria pa1998 Constitutional Convention, iyo yakatungamira kune yakashaya kubudirira 1999 referendum
. Iye ndiye mukoma weAustralia wezvematongerwo enyika wevashandi Frank McGuire. Kunyange zvazvo ari munun'una waFrank McGuire, uye ane hukama nenhengo dzebato revashandi, pakupedzisira Eddie McGuire akataura muna 1999 kuti aizopesana nekumiririra kana Australian Labor Party kana Liberal Party yeAustralia. Iye akacherekedza misiyano inokatyamadza pakati pemitemo yezvemari neyomagariro yebato rimwe nerimwe uye kusawirirana kusingawirirane mukuda kumiririra hupfumi hwebato reRusununguko nehana yebato reVashandi. Muna 2002, McGuire akataura kuti aisazotsvaka nzvimbo tsvene mune zvematongerwe enyika, asi kuti aisazoti kwete kune chero pfungwa dzeramangwana pamusoro penyaya iyi. McGuire akapiwa mukana wekumiririra chigaro cheScullin neAustralia Labor Party muna 2005, zvisinei, mabhizinesi ake akaiswa pamberi pamwe chete naMcGuire achiva CEO weNine Network na2006.