In 1973, the Whitlam Government ended the preferential treatment for British subjects from 1 December 1973 and inserted a reference to the "Queen of Australia", to become:  In 1986, the Hawke Government removed the renunciation requirement and the requirement for candidates to state their names, the wording becoming:  In 1994, the Keating Government replaced the oath with a Pledge of Commitment to Australia and removed the reference to the Crown:  The prospective citizen has the option of making the pledge with or without the words "under God". There have been no changes since. There is also a variant known as the Australian Citizenship Affirmation that was first recited at Galston Park in NSW on Australia Day 1999 that reads:  The Department of Home Affairs encourages use of this affirmation by school students and members of the general public including on such occasions as Harmony Day, Refugee Week, Australian Citizenship Day (17 September) and Australia Day (26 January).