Not on My Watch: PM Rules out Republic Referendum

King Charles III during an audience with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at Balmoral Castle in Aberdeen, Scotland, on Sept. 27, 2025. Andrew Milligan - Pool/Getty Images

Australians won’t be asked to decide whether Australia should become a republic while Anthony Albanese is prime minister.

Albanese ruled out holding another referendum while in office, putting on ice any plans for Australia to consider replacing the British monarch as the country’s head of state in the near future.