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Why is Australia under the British Empire?

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It isn't.

To begin with, the British Empire no longer exists.

Secondly, Australia became completely independent of Great Britain on 3 March 1986, when the Australia Acts came into effect. This completed a process which began with Federation in 1901.

The Australia Acts declared that Australia had the status of a Sovereign, Independent and Federal Nation. The nation still retains Elizabeth II as head of state, but her position as Australia's head of state is a completely separate position from her position as the head of state of any other country, including the UK. The Australia Act removed the ability of the British Government to make laws for Australia and removed the last legal link with the UK by abolishing the right of appeal to the judicial committee of the Privy Council.

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