Prime Minister Kevin Rudd should use the Australia Day long weekend to commit to a vote for a plebiscite on the republic at the 2010 election, Australian Greens Leader Bob Brown said in Hobart today.

"Australia Day long weekend is the perfect opportunity for the Prime Minister to commit to building cross-party support for a vote on a plebiscite," Senator Brown said.

A key recommendation from the 2020 Summit was to hold a plebiscite within two years on whether Australia should become a republic or not.

Senator Brown has introduced the Plebiscite for an Australian Republic Bill 2008 for a plebiscite on the republic to be held at the 2010 election. The bill will go to a Senate inquiry in the first half of 2009.

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