Australia news live: Mark Dreyfus calls for republic referendum; Albanese heads to G20 in South Africa

Former attorney general says it is ‘past time’ for another vote. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWhile constitutional change has been taken off the table by Albanese, the prime minister has said he would support four year terms, which was also recently endorsed by former PM John Howard.Dreyfus said Australia is an “outlier” on having an election every three year, when other countries, and Australia’s states and territories have longer terms.It’s time to renew the campaign to establish an Australian Republic. Australia – and Australians – have changed in many ways over the past quarter century.In my view it is time – past time – for Australia to break its residual constitutional ties with the United Kingdom and its monarchy. Continue reading...