One half of the community finds it alien and the other half is resentful that its validity is questioned. Perpetuating the status quo will not heal the rift which exists, only change and adaptation can do that. By removing the source of friction, the Republic will increase cohesion. Because it fails as a symbol for so many people, the relationship with the Crown is broken and the constitutional tie between Australia and Britain is now detrimental. The constitutional legacy is another matter.
Evolutionary change is a British political tradition.
A peaceful transition to a republic offers the greatest chance to restore perspective on the British legacy and recognise the value of that country's contribution to this one. With a republic achieved, Australians will again be comfortable acknowledging their great British cultural and constitutional inheritance. Confirmation of its value will banish the Anglo-Celtic antagonism towards a republican movement whose rhetoric has too often claimed that the past, particularly the British past, is worthless. By clarifying this issue, an Australian republic will be a force for national cohesion. It will bond our ethnic mix, banishing any danger that our valuable diversity could ultimately be nothing but exotic fragmentation.