Kammala wannan jumla: An tayar da batutuwan da suka shafi jamhuriya ta hanyar ziyarar Maris 2006 na Ostiraliya ta Sarauniya Elizabeth II. Sannan John Howard, har yanzu yana aiki a matsayin firayim minista, 'yan jaridar Burtaniya sun yi masa tambayoyi game da makomar masarauta a Ostiraliya kuma akwai muhawara game da kunna waƙar sarauta ta Ostiraliya, "Allah ya ceci Sarauniya", a lokacin buɗewa na
wasannin Commonwealth na wannan shekarar, wanda sarkin ya halarta.