Talk:Australian Republican Movement

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[edit] Misleading use of poll

The article claims that at the time of the 1999 referendum, a majority of Australians supported becoming a republic. That in itself needs a citation, however the statistics used in that sentence (namely A January 2007 Newspoll survey shows that 45% of Australians favour or partly favour Australia becoming a republic, with 36% opposed and 19% uncommitted.) are misleading as they were generated some 8 years after the referendum. I have removed the statistics accordingly. However, if you want the statistics in the article, then please don't come whingeing to my talk page and instead just rewrite the article appropriately. DirectEdge (talk) 12:43, 31 December 2007 (UTC)