The Prime Minister of Barbados, Owen Arthur, won an election on a republican platform in January. In three years, it will remove the Queen as head of state, following a report by a government commission on the island's constitution. Jamaica will become a republic in the next five years, according to Percival Patterson, the Prime Minister.
Analysts have yet to see noticeable leanings in public opinion towards republicanism.
But the countries have traditionally closely monitored Australian policy.