Thread: commonwealth games

i believe that if australia becomes a republic we will no longer be eligble to enter the commonwealth games , is this true

Why would it be believed that Australia would be excluded from the Commonwealth by becoming a republic?

From 'Wikipedia':

The Commonwealth of Nations is a voluntary association of 54 independent sovereign states (one of whose membership is currently suspended). Most are former British colonies, or dependencies of these colonies. No one government in the Commonwealth exercises power over the others, as in a political union. Rather, the relationship is one of an international organisation through which countries with diverse social, political, and economic backgrounds are regarded as equal in status, and co-operate within a framework of common values and goals, as outlined in the Singapore Declaration. These include the promotion of democracy, human rights, good governance, the rule of law, individual liberty, egalitarianism, free trade, multilateralism, and world peace, and are carried out through multilateral projects and meetings, as well as the quadrennial Commonwealth Games. The symbol of this free association is Queen Elizabeth II, known for this purpose as Head of the Commonwealth. This position, however, does not imbue her with any political or executive power over any Commonwealth member states; the position is purely symbolic, and it is the Commonwealth Secretary-General who is the chief executive of the organisation.

As an example, in 1995 Mozambique was the first country to be admitted to the Commonwealth without any former colonial or constitutional links with the United Kingdom. Since then, Rwanda has also been admitted.