Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Turnbull akanga ari mushambadzi anoshingaira muhurukuro isina kubudirira ye1999
kusimbisa nyika yeAustralia, achishanda saChairman weYes Committee. Akabudisa bhuku pamusoro pomushandirapamwe wacho, rakanzi "Kurwa nokuda kweRepublic". Apo referendamu yacho yakakundikana, akapomera Mutungamiriri wehurumende aripo uye mutsigiri woumambo John Howard "kuputsa mwoyo worudzi". Turnbull akasiya basa kubva kuAustralia Republican Movement muna 2000, mushure mekunge atosiya bhodhi reAusflag muna 1994; akabatana neAustralia National Flag Association muna 2004.