Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Keating akaenderera mberi nematanho ekubvisa chiratidzo cheHumambo muAustralia, achibvisa kutaurwa kwaMambokadzi kubva kuCitizenship uye Ministerial Oaths. Muna Kubvumbi 1993, kugadzwa kweRepublic Advisory Committee kwakaziviswa; Keating akatsigira shanduko shoma inosanganisira kugadzwa kwemutungamiri weparamende <unk> izvi zvakashoropodzwa nenhengo dzeALP kuruboshwe uye nemutungamiri mutsva weAustralia Democrats, Cheryl Kernot uyo aida shanduko huru, yakadai sekusarudzwa zvakananga. Dare racho, rakatungamirirwa naMalcolm Turnbull weAustralia Republican Movement, rakapa mushumo waro kuHurumende musi wa5 Gumiguru 1993 uye Keating akazivisa boka revashandi vemakurukota kuti vagadzire pepa rekabhineti. Keating pakupedzisira akabudisa muenzaniso weRepublican muduku. Muna June 1995, muhurukuro yeparamende yakanzi "An Australian Republic: The Way Forward", Keating akarondedzera hurongwa hushoma hweruzhinji hunosanganisira mutungamiri akasarudzwa nehuwandu hwezvikamu zviviri kubva muzvitatu zveParamende, zvichitevera kusarudzwa neMutungamiriri weHurumende neKabineti. Masimba okuchengetera uye mabasa omutambo aGavhuna Mukuru aifanira kuchengetedzwa. Izvi zvakarongwa kuti zviitwe referendamu muna 1998 kana kuti 1999. Pashure pokunge John Howard akunda sarudzo dza1996 uye asimbisa Australian Constitutional Convention ya1998, iyo yakagara pamhando yeRepublican yakafanana neiyo yakatsanangurwa naKeating, ichi chikumbiro chakakundwa muAustralia Constitutional Convention.
Referendamu yeRepublic yeAustralia ya1999.