Last year the tiny Caribbean island state of Barbados achieved something of which Australia’s political system seems incapable. It dropped its ties to the British monarchy and became a republic.
“We must seek to redefine our definition of self, of state and the Barbados brand, in a more complex, fractured and turbulent world,” said Sandra Mason, the last governor-general of Barbados, who was also elected its first president. “Our country and people must dream big dreams and fight to realise them.”
The organisation released polling by market research agency Pureprofile that found 57 per cent of respondents would vote for the model – higher than other models, which did not have majority support – while 25 per cent were unsure and 18 per cent against.
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