Over the years, I've noticed a down hill slide on the quality of spoken English, especially from some American's.

We are guilty too!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_English
"Strayan" English, a shortening of the word Australian


With over 1.1M English in the country;
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Australia
I think the English people in Australia will mostly keep The Monarchy in power over Australian Politics. And to be honest, I don't mind having a Queen who can actually boot out a bad Prime Minister. Given that The Queen has only stepped when it was needed... like every 10 to 20 years or so.... Lets face it, The Queen has a reasonable track record over a long period of time, compared to the 15 minutes (12 months, or whatever) that Julia has been at the top (it's a tough job - this is not a Julia bashing session).

I think the referendums on a Monarchy v's a Republic, will continue to be a 50-50 ball game for a while yet, and I would guess that 80-90% of the 1.1M English in Australia hold the balance of power. In reality there is probably another 1.1M kids of English parents, and maybe 60-80% of those would tick "monarchy". I'm guessing that's a 1 in 10 head start for The Monarchy...

For the record, I'll continue to camp out with The Monarchy. I can't see too many advantages of becoming a Republic. And if it's not badly broken, why fix it !