Labor is in no hurry to divorce Australia from the monarchy, despite the party's push for a separation being part of its official platform.
Anthony Albanese has put on ice any plans for the government to pursue a republic, saying he won't hold a referendum during his time as prime minister.
While the prime minister has long been an advocate for a republic, he has slowly backed away from pushing for an Australian head of state.
"I support an Australian as our head of state, but I also respect the decisions which have been made and our system of government and I think that's important," he said.
Labor's 2021 national platform states the party "supports and will work toward establishing an Australian republic with an Australian head of state".
Treasurer Jim Chalmers says holding a referendum on becoming a republic isn't at the top off the government's agenda.
"A lot of Australians believe that our future is one with an Australian head of state, but we've got other pressing priorities," Dr Chalmers told reporters in Canberra on Monday.
"That's broadly understood, even in the republican community of which I'm part of.
"It is properly understood that the government has a huge agenda. Our primary focus is on delivering that agenda that we took to the last election and some of these other issues are not priorities for us right now."
The federal government abolished a portfolio for the republic from its assistant ministry in July 2024.
The Australian Republic Movement insists a republic will happen one day and called on the government to keep a path to a referendum on the national agenda.
"A visit to Australia's head of state shouldn't require a flight to Balmoral," the movement's co-chair Nathan Hansford said in a statement.
"Millions of Australians have never had a say - including younger voters and people who have made Australia home in recent years.
"It's reasonable to ask the question again through an open, respectful national conversation."
Greens spokeswoman for the republic Mehreen Faruqi said the prime minister "continues to disappoint" with a "clumsy on-again, off-again approach" to a referendum.
"Labor are experts at promising and delivering nothing," Dr Faruqi said.
"It isn't good enough to say you want an Australian head of state, then do absolutely nothing about it.
"The Labor Party has let down those who believed they would make progress towards a republic and justice for First Nations people."
