A typical proposal for an Australian republic provides for the Queen and governor-general to be replaced by a president or an executive federal council.
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The Flags Amendment Act was passed after the 1996 Australian federal election, during a period where the republican movement was influential, and both the government and opposition parties were committed to bringing the issue to a head as a matter of policy.