Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Hurumende yaHoward yakadana Musangano weMitemo Yenyika kuti uongorore nhau 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
musangano wakaitwa musi wa6 Mbudzi 1999 wakakundikana kuwana rutsigiro rwevazhinji vavhoti kana ruzhinji rwematunhu. Vhoti yenyika yevanosarudza vaitsigira kuti Australia ive republic yaiva 45.13%, ne54.87% vachiramba.