State and territory leaders unanimously back Australia becoming a republic, meaning there is total support across the top two tiers of government for an Australian head of state.
However, division remains over when the switch should be made, even as the push grows for the process to start in 2020.
As part of a campaign by the Australian Republican Movement, seven of the eight leaders signed a declaration supporting the end of the constitutional monarchy.
The declaration posed the simple proposition that “Australia should have an Australian head of state”.