Gen Y least supportive of republic: poll

Gen Y voters who were too young to vote in the republic referendum 17 years ago are the least supportive of moves for Australia to abandon the Queen, a new poll says.

The Newspoll published in The Weekend Australian also says men are more approving of a republic than women.

Of the 1837 voters polled, 51 per cent of Australians were in favour of constitutional change - the same level of support when the 1999 referendum failed.