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The following Internet sites provide valuable information for any person wishing to discover more about our constitution and the Republican Movement in Australia and worldwide

The ARM is the leading republican movement in Australia and has been instrumental in putting the issue on the national agenda. They were most successful at the 1998 Constitutional Convention and were able to get the bi-partisan appointment model to referendum in 1999.

Stephen Souter has organised the most comprehensive compendium of Internet resources on the Republican issue ever conceived. You will forgive it's bright green background, secure in the knowledge that if its worth browsing, its linked to Souters' Guide.

During 2004, the Legal and Constitutional Committee of the Australian Senate have been taking submissions and holding hearings on the republic issue. They have had a close look at the Honorary President Model and a few others, but the main focus is the process – how to find the right model that would be successful at a referendum.

The McGarvie model is the ancestor of the Honorary President Model which incorporates the crucial McGarvie mechanisms. The McGarvie model made it to second-place at the 1998 Constitutional Convention. Richard McGarvie was Governor of Victoria and now patron saint of responsible republican developers.

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