Australian republic referendum, June 2019

The Australian republic referendum, June 2019 is a referendum currently being held in Australia asking whether Australia should become a republic.

Background
On 30 April 2018, then-Prime Minister Bsharri announced a constitutional convention on the republic. 10 representatives were elected (listed in order of election)- Bsharri himself, Youmaton, Socialist MP for Chisholm, Hoogstra, MP for Canberra and Labor Party leader, AnswerMeNow1, Socialist MP for Lingiari, TheAudibleAsh, Liberal Senator for New South Wales, Dicky_Knee, Justice of the High Court, Kingethan15, former Australia Party leader, General_Rommel, former MP for Greenway and now Justice of the High Court, dyljam, Clerk of the House and _slothsworth, Justice of the High Court. The convention ultimately proposed that a referendum be held on 28 July 2018. However, two successive governments blocked such a referendum. Once the First Youmaton Ministry was elected, they passed the Constitution Alteration (Establishment of Republic) Bill, which scheduled a referendum for 1 June 2019. Despite the ultimate defeat of Youmaton at the federal election of May 2019, another pro-republican government was elected in the First Drunk_King_Robert Ministry, which allowed the referendum to go ahead. A double majority would be required for the successful passing of the referendum, requiring a majority both nationwide and in every state and territory.

The 'Yes' side
The 'Yes' side of the campaign was dominated by the Australian Republican Movement. It was a bipartisan movement, with members from both the opposition and government supporting it. Prominent Socialist cabinet ministers supported the Yes vote, such as PM-ME-SPRINKLES, Bsharri  and AnswerMeNow1  , alongside the Prime Minister Drunk_King_Robert   and Deputy Prime Minister imnofox. On the opposition, Liberals such as stalintwo, former MP for Sydney (stalintwo was expelled amidst the republican campaign for inactivity) and AussieConservative supported a Yes vote, as well as United Democratic Party leader dyljam.

The 'no' side
The 'no' side of the campaign was supported by both the Australian Monarchist League and Australians for an Elective Monarchy. Unlike the Yes side, the No campaign consisted largely of opposition politicians. BloodyChrome, deputy leader of the United Democratic Party and Senator for the Northern Territory was one of the key supporters of a No vote , alongside Liberal leader n4ziporriidge  and Liberal deputy BellmanTGM. Plupsnup, leader of The Australian Whigs, was the only campaigner advocating for an elective monarchy.

Opinion polling
The following question was asked to voters in opinion polls- If the referendum to become a republic were held tomorrow, how would you most likely vote?

State individual polling
A number of polls were conducted on a state level to gauge voter support regionally due to the referendum requiring a double majority.