Republican Movement must welcome monarchists rather than ‘rubbish Royal Family’06/04/2021|11min Former Liberal cabinet minister Amanda Vanstone has told Sky News the Australian Republican Movement needs to welcome constitutional monarchists into the tent rather than “rubbishing the Royal Family”. The Australian Republican Movement is expected to table its draft republic proposal at the end of the year, but Ms Vanstone said a minimal change to the existing system would be best placed for success in a referendum. “It’d be hard to argue that we’re not one of the most stable governments in the world; I mean we are. I’d be very anxious if we tried to do something that threatens that stability; for that reason I don’t think I could come for voting for a directly elected president.