Senator STOTT DESPOJA (6:13 PM) —The Australian Democrats will be supporting this amendment. We think it is important that there be another opportunity—in fact, ongoing opportunities—for Australians to be involved in the debate about constitutional reform and indeed modernisation of our Constitution. I think you will find that Australian Democrats in this chamber and around the country have been at the forefront of a lot of constitutional debates and advocacy for constitutional reform. We have long favoured broad ranging constitutional changes. An Australian head of state and the move towards a republic is just one of those changes. Senator Brown has referred to everything from a bill of rights to the roles and rights of the states to the republican issue and reconciliation. There is a whole range of issues that we would like to see examined. We believe that extensive community consultation processes, as referred to in the Constitutional Convention communique, are also appropriate.