The centre-left Labor Party leader is an avowed republican but has refused to be drawn into that debate in the aftermath of Queen Elizabeth II's death.
"I want Australians to concentrate on the Voice to Parliament," he told national broadcaster ABC when asked why the country could not also consider its future under the monarchy during his initial three-year term. Polls in the lead-up to the 1999 referendum and before Queen Elizabeth II's death showed most Australians in favour of becoming a republic.
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