1998 Australian Constitutional Convention

1998 Australian Constitutional Convention
The Australian Coat of Arms.
Status	Defunct
Genre	Constitutional Convention
Begins	2 February 1998 (1998-02-02)
Ends	13 February 1998 (1998-02-13)
Venue	Old Parliament House
Location(s)	Parkes, Canberra
Country	Australia
People	The Right Honourable Ian Sinclair MP (Co-chair); The Honourable Barry Jones AO MP (Co-chair)

The 1998 Australian Constitutional Convention was a Constitutional Convention which gathered at Old Parliament House, Canberra from 2 to 13 February 1998. It was called by the Howard government to discuss whether Australia should become a republic. The convention concluded with "in principle support" for an Australian republic (with a dissenting minority voting for a continuation of the Australian constitutional monarchy) and proposed a model involving appointment of the head of state by Parliament.^[1] The model was put to a referendum in November 1999 and rejected by the Australian electorate.