Australian referendum, 1974
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The 1974 Australian Referendum
was held on 18 May 1974. It contained four referendum questions.
Referendum
A referendum is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject a particular proposal. This may result in the adoption of a new constitution, a constitutional amendment, a law, the recall of an elected official or simply a specific government policy. It is a form of...
was held on 18 May 1974. It contained four referendum questions.
- (29) Simultaneous ElectionsAustralian referendum, 1974 (Simultaneous Elections)Elections to the House of Representatives and the Senate of Australia are usually held simultaneously although this was a matter of convention rather than constitutional law. Constitution Alteration 1974 proposed to enshrine simultaneous elections in the Constitution...
(not carried) - (30) Mode of Altering the ConstitutionAustralian referendum, 1974 (Mode of Altering the Constitution)Since federation, voters in the Australian territories had been excluded from voting in referendums. The proposed law, Constitution Alteration 1974 attempted to rectify this situation by counting voters in the territories towards the national majority, but not towards any state total.The question...
(not carried) - (31) Democratic ElectionsAustralian referendum, 1974 (Democratic Elections)The Constitution Alteration 1974 was a question put to referendum in the Australian referendum, 1974, and sought to modify the method of determining the size of electorates within each state, from being based on the number of voters in the total population to allow members of Parliament to be...
(not carried) - (32) Local Government BodiesAustralian referendum, 1974 (Local Government Bodies)Constitution Alteration 1974 was a question put to referendum in the Australian referendum, 1974. The question attempted to amend the Australian constitution to allow the federal government to grant financial assistance to any local government body, and to make loans on their...
(not carried)