right to vote in future referendums will now be given the force of law . External links http www.aph.gov.au library handbook referendums r1977.htm State by state results of the 1977referendumAustralianReferendums year 1977 DEFAULTSORT AustralianReferendum, 1977Referendums Category 1977 in Australia Category Amendments to the Constitution of Australia Category 1977referendums Category Referendums in Australia 1977Referendums ...Constitution Alteration Referendums1977 proposed to allow residents in the territories to vote in referendums. Residents in territories were to be counted towards the national total, but would not be counted toward any state total. The question was put to a referendum in the Australianreferendum, 1977 . Results It is proposed to alter the Constitution so as to allow electors in the territories, as well as electors in the states, to vote at referendums on proposed laws to alter the Constitution. Do you approve the proposed law? cellSpacing 0 cellPadding 4 border 1 Result align left rowSpan 2 State align right rowSpan 2 On rolls align right rowSpan 2 Ballots issued align middle colSpan 2 For align ... Australia . Territorians could therefore vote in constitutional referendums. When the Territory was surrendered to the Commonwealth in 1911, however, its citizens lost the vote in such Referendums in Australia referendums , due to the failure to refer to Territory voters in s. 128. Residents of the Australian ... able to vote in the Australianreferendum, 1967 Aboriginals Aborigines referendum. In the Australianreferendum, 1974 Mode of Altering the Constitution 1974 referendum the Gough Whitlam Whitlam Government attempted to amend s. 128 in a double pronged proposal. Territorial voting rights in referendums ..., it would have been ratified. In 1977 the question of Territory votes was relatively uncontroversial ... had Australian political tradition behind it . Despite John Paul of the University of New South ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 The 1977AustralianReferendum was held on 21 May 1977. It contained four referendum questions and one non binding plebiscite. Referendums 33 Australianreferendum, 1977 Simultaneous Elections Simultaneous Elections not carried 34 Australianreferendum, 1977 Senate Casual Vacancies Senate Casual Vacancies carried 35 Australianreferendum, 1977ReferendumsReferendums carried 36 Australianreferendum, 1977 Retirement of Judges Retirement of Judges carried Plebiscite 3 Australian plebiscite, 1977 National Song National Song Advance Australia Fair This referendum had a particularly strong Yes vote. All but one of the referendum questions was carried, and the only one to not be carried had a clear national majority, but was held back by not achieving a majority of the states. No referendum since then has been successful. The four referendum questions were only voted on in the states voters in the territories only gained the right to vote on constitutional changes as a result of the Referendums amendment passing. Voters in the territories, however, were able to vote on the plebiscite. AustralianReferendums year 1977 DEFAULTSORT AustralianReferendum, 1977 Category 1977 in Australia Referendum Category 1977referendums Category Referendums in Australia 1977 Category 1977 elections in Australia Referendum ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Constitution Alteration Simultaneous Elections 1977 proposed for the second time that the Australian Constitution Constitution be altered to ensure that elections for both houses of Australian Parliament parliament occurred simultaneously. The question was put to a referendum in the Australianreferendum, 1977 . Results It is proposed to alter the Constitution to ensure that Senate elections are held at the same time as House of Representatives elections. Do you approve the proposed law? cellSpacing 0 cellPadding 4 border 1 Result align left rowSpan 2 State align right rowSpan 2 On rolls align right rowSpan 2 Ballots issued align middle colSpan 2 For align middle colSpan 2 Against align right rowSpan 2 Informal align middle align middle align middle align middle New South Wales align right 3,007,511 align right 2,774,388 align right 1,931,775 align middle 70.71 align right 800,331 align middle 29.29 align right 42,282 Victoria align right 2,252,831 align right 2,083,136 align right 1,325,708 align middle 65.00 align right 713,929 align middle 35.00 align right 43,499 Queensland align right 1,241,426 align right 1,138,842 align right 534,968 align middle 47.51 align right 590,942 align middle 52.49 align right 12,932 South Australia align right 799,243 align right 745,990 align right 480,827 align middle 65.99 align right 247,762 align middle 34.01 ..., 9211 votes in WA , made it the third closest referendum result in Australian history. Even the support of both major parties and most of the media was not enough to ensure success. See also AustralianReferendums year 1977 DEFAULTSORT AustralianReferendum, 1977 Simultaneous Elections Category 1977 in Australia Referendum Simultaneous Elections Category 1977referendums Category Referendums in Australia 1977 Simultaneous Elections Australia gov stub ... occasions that the double majority rule resulted in a referendum with a clear Yes overall majority ... more details
Chief Justice and thus lost their right to the original life tenure. See also AustralianReferendums year 1977 DEFAULTSORT AustralianReferendum, 1977 Retirement Of Judges Category 1977 in Australia Category Amendments to the Constitution of Australia Category 1977referendums Category Referendums in Australia 1977 Retirement of Judges ...Unreferenced date December 2009 The legislation Constitution Alteration Retirement of Judges 1977 proposed to create a retirement age of 70 for judges in Chapter III Court federal courts . The question was put to a referendum in the Australianreferendum, 1977 . Results It is proposed to alter the Constitution so as to provide for retiring ages for judges of federal courts. Do you approve the proposed law? cellSpacing 0 cellPadding 4 border 1 Result align left rowSpan 2 State align right rowSpan 2 On rolls align right rowSpan 2 Ballots issued align middle colSpan 2 For align middle colSpan 2 Against align right rowSpan 2 Informal align middle   align middle align middle   align middle New South Wales align right 3,007,511 align right 2,774,388 align right 2,316,999 align middle 84.84 align right 414,070 align middle 15.16 align right 43,319 Victoria align right 2,252,831 align right 2,083,136 align right 1,659,273 align middle 81.43 align right 378,505 align middle 18.57 align right 45,358 Queensland align right 1,241,426 align right 1,138,842 align right 734,183 align middle 65.24 align right 391,227 align middle 34.76 align right 13,432 South Australia align right 799,243 align right 745,990 align right 622,760 align middle 85.57 align right 104,987 align middle 14.43 align ... unfit for office by declining health. The committee s view was accepted by the Australian Constitutional ... appointed before the approval of the referendum. The issue was not controversial, despite Sir ... Court judges appointed prior to the referendum was unaffected. Only Sir Garfield Barwick made use ... more details
were also put to the electorate. These concerned the Australianreferendum, 1977 Simultaneous Elections Simultaneous elections amendment Australianreferendum, 1977 Retirement of Judges Retirement of judges amendment Australian plebiscite, 1977 National Song National song plebiscite . Overview The casual vacancies amendment came about as part of the political fallout from the Australian constitutional ... right 135,148 TD TR TR TABLE See also Politics of Australia History of Australia AustralianReferendums year 1977 br center table border 1 tr td width 30 align center Preceded by br Australianreferendum, 1946 Social Services Aboriginals Amendment 1967 td width 40 align center Amendments of 1977 br Senate Vacancies Amendment br Australianreferendum, 1977ReferendumsReferendums Amendment br Australianreferendum, 1977 Retirement of Judges Retirement of Judges Amendment td width 30 align center Followed by br n a table center DEFAULTSORT AustralianReferendum, 1977 Senate Casual Vacancies ...Unreferenced date December 2009 The referendum of 21 May 1977 approved an amendment to the Constitution of Australia Australian constitution concerning the filling of casual vacancy casual vacancies in the Senate ... Vacancies 1977 which, after being approved in the referendum , became law on 29 July of the same ... Category 1977referendums Category Referendums in Australia 1977 Senate Casual Vacancies ... of the Australian Constitutional Convention, including one that would change the procedure for appointing replacement senators. All four were put to voters on 21 May 1977, and all were passed except a proposal for simultaneous elections to the Australian House of Representatives House of Representatives ... of independent Cleaver Bunton New South Wales and anti Gough Whitlam Whitlam Australian Labor Party ... concerned . Tasmania therefore had only eleven senators between 2 April and the Australian general ... of the State to the Governor General. Remaining provisions omitted Referendum results Question It is proposed ... more details
National referendum was called on December 16 December 17, 1977 where the majority of the voters voted that President Ferdinand E. Marcos should continue in office as incumbent President and Prime Minister after the organization of the Interim Batasang Pambansa . See also Commission on Elections Philippines Commission on Elections Politics of the Philippines Philippine elections Suffrage External links http www.comelec.gov.ph Official website of the Commission on Elections Philippine elections Category Referendums in the Philippines Category 1977 in the Philippines Category 1977referendums Poli stub ... more details
Politics of Comoros An referendum on the presidency of Ali Soilih was held in the Comoros on 28 October 1977. The result was 56.63 in favour and 43.37 against, with a 92.2 voter turnout. ref http africanelections.tripod.com km.html Elections in the Comoros African Elections Database ref Despite the backing, Soilih was overthrown on 13 May 1978 by forces hired by exiled former leader Ahmed Abdallah , who was restored to power. Results class wikitable style text align right Choice Votes align left For 86,065 56.63 align left Against 65,906 43.37 align left Total 151,971 100 colspan 3 align left Source http africanelections.tripod.com km.html African Elections Database References reflist Comorian elections Category 1977referendums Category Referendums in Comoros Category 1977 in Comoros ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 The 1946 AustralianReferendum was held on 28 September 1946. It contained three referendum questions. 20 Australianreferendum, 1946 Social Services Social Services carried 21 Australianreferendum, 1946 Marketing Marketing rejected 22 Australianreferendum, 1946 Industrial Employment Industrial Employment rejected AustralianReferendums year 1946 DEFAULTSORT AustralianReferendum, 1946 Category 1946 in Australia Referendum Category 1946 referendums Category Referendums in Australia 1946 Category 1946 elections in Australia Referendum ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 The 1967 AustralianReferendum was held on 27 May 1967. It contained two referendum questions. 25 Australianreferendum, 1967 Parliament Parliament not carried 26 Australianreferendum, 1967 Aboriginals Aboriginals carried AustralianReferendums year 1967 DEFAULTSORT AustralianReferendum, 1967 Category 1967 in Australia Referendum Category 1967 referendums Category Referendums in Australia 1967 Category 1967 elections in Australia Referendum ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 The 1919 AustralianReferendum was held on 13 December 1919. It contained two referendum questions. 12 Australianreferendum, 1919 Legislative Powers Legislative Powers not carried 13 Australianreferendum, 1919 Monopolies Nationalisation of Monopolies not carried AustralianReferendums year 1919 DEFAULTSORT AustralianReferendum, 1919 Category 1919 referendums Category 1919 in Australia Referendum Category Referendums in Australia 1919 Category 1919 elections in Australia Referendum Australia gov stub ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 The 1926 AustralianReferendum was held on 4 September 1926. It contained two referendum questions. 14 Australianreferendum, 1926 Industry and Commerce Industry and Commerce not carried 15 Australianreferendum, 1926 Essential Services Essential Services not carried AustralianReferendums year 1926 DEFAULTSORT AustralianReferendum, 1926 Category 1926 in Australia Referendum Category 1926 referendums Category Referendums in Australia 1926 Category 1926 elections in Australia Referendum ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 The 1937 AustralianReferendum was held on 6 March 1937. It contained two referendum questions. 17 Australianreferendum, 1937 Aviation Aviation not carried 18 Australianreferendum, 1937 Marketing Marketing not carried AustralianReferendums year 1937 DEFAULTSORT AustralianReferendum, 1937 Category 1937 in Australia Referendum Category 1937 referendums Category Referendums in Australia 1937 Category 1937 elections in Australia Referendum ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 The 1973 AustralianReferendum was held on 8 December 1973. It contained two referendum questions. 27 Australianreferendum, 1973 Prices Prices not carried 28 Australianreferendum, 1973 Incomes Incomes not carried AustralianReferendums year 1973 DEFAULTSORT AustralianReferendum, 1973 Category 1973 in Australia Referendum Category 1973 referendums Category Referendums in Australia 1973 Category 1973 elections in Australia Referendum ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 The 1984 AustralianReferendum was held on 21 May 1984. It contained two referendum questions, neither of which passed. 37 Australianreferendum, 1984 Terms of Senators Terms of Senators not carried 38 Australianreferendum, 1984 Interchange of Powers Interchange of Powers not carried AustralianReferendums year 1984 DEFAULTSORT AustralianReferendum, 1984 Category 1984 in Australia Referendum Category 1984 referendums Category Referendums in Australia 1984 Category 1984 elections in Australia Referendum ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 The 1910 AustralianReferendum was held on 13 April 1910. It contained two referendum questions. 2 Australianreferendum, 1910 State Debts State Debts carried 3 Australianreferendum, 1910 Surplus Revenue Surplus Revenue not carried AustralianReferendums year 1910 DEFAULTSORT AustralianReferendum, 1910 Category 1910 in Australia Referendum Category 1910 referendums Category Referendums in Australia 1910 Category 1910 elections in Australia Plebiscite ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 The 1911 AustralianReferendum was held on 26 April 1911. It contained two referendum questions. 4 Australianreferendum, 1911 Trade and Commerce Trade and Commerce not carried 5 Australianreferendum, 1911 Monopolies Nationalisation of Monopolies not carried AustralianReferendums year 1911 DEFAULTSORT AustralianReferendum, 1911 Category 1911 referendums Category 1911 in Australia Referendum Category Referendums in Australia 1911 Category 1911 elections in Australia Plebiscite ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 The 1974 AustralianReferendum was held on 18 May 1974. It contained four referendum questions. 29 Australianreferendum, 1974 Simultaneous Elections Simultaneous Elections not carried 30 Australianreferendum, 1974 Mode of Altering the Constitution Mode of Altering the Constitution not carried 31 Australianreferendum, 1974 Democratic Elections Democratic Elections not carried 32 Australianreferendum, 1974 Local Government Bodies Local Government Bodies not carried AustralianReferendums year 1974 DEFAULTSORT AustralianReferendum, 1974 Category 1974 in Australia Referendum Category 1974 referendums Category Referendums in Australia 1974 Category 1974 elections in Australia Referendum ... more details
The 1988 AustralianReferendum was held on 3 September 1988. It contained four referendum questions, none of which passed. The failure was generally attributed to the open ended and nondescriptive wording of the proposed amendments. 39 Australianreferendum, 1988 Parliamentary Terms Parliamentary Terms not carried 40 Australianreferendum, 1988 Fair Elections Fair Elections not carried 41 Australianreferendum, 1988 Local Government Local Government not carried 42 Australianreferendum, 1988 Rights and Freedoms Rights and Freedoms not carried External links http www.aph.gov.au HOUSE committee laca ConstitutionalChange part2.pdf History of AustralianReferendums, Part 2 An Australian Parliament report, summarising the background, yes and no cases, and results, for each referendum up to 1988. AustralianReferendums year 1988 Category 1988 in Australia Referendum Category 1988 referendums Category Referendums in Australia 1988 Category 1988 elections in Australia Referendum ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 The 1913 AustralianReferendum was held on 31 May 1913. It contained six referendum questions. 6 Australianreferendum, 1913 Trade and Commerce Trade and Commerce not carried 7 Australianreferendum, 1913 Corporations Corporations not carried 8 Australianreferendum, 1913 Industrial Matters Industrial Matters not carried 9 Australianreferendum, 1913 Trusts Trusts not carried 10 Australianreferendum, 1913 Monopolies Nationalisation of Monopolies not carried 11 Australianreferendum, 1913 Railway Disputes Railway Disputes not carried AustralianReferendums year 1913 DEFAULTSORT AustralianReferendum, 1913 Category 1913 referendums Category 1913 in Australia Referendum Category Referendums in Australia 1913 Category 1913 elections in Australia Plebiscite ... more details
dogma a referendum question at the South Australian state election, 1893 1893 election . In 1895 Robert ... it. ref name South Australian Referenda All subsequent referendums have been held in a Yes ...Use dmy dates date May 2011 Use Australian English date May 2011 File 1896 South Australian Election.jpg thumb alt The 1896 election day crowd The 1896 election day crowd on Waymouth Street . The election results can be seen on display to the right. The 1896 referendum was held concurrently with the general election. A referendum was held in South Australia on 25 April 1896, and dealt with matters relating to secular and religious education. The referendum was held concurrently with a South Australian state election, 1896 general election , the first in Australia in which women were eligible to vote, and was the first referendum to be held in Australia. ref name South Australian Referenda cite web title South Australian Referenda url http www.seo.sa.gov.au apps uploadedFiles news 265 Referenda1.pdf publisher State Electoral Office South Australia accessdate 9 December 2010 ref The South Australian ... to South Australian children in state schools. This prompted a number of church groups to campaign ... and the Labor Party An Early Conflict in South Australia journal Labour History year 1977 volume ... http nla.gov.au nla.news article34544881 title THE EDUCATIONAL REFERENDUM. newspaper The Advertiser ... South Australian Referenda The total informal vote was 12,830 14 ,. ref name South Australian Referenda ... in the wake of the referendum, conceding that the result had decisively shown that these reforms ... hope for future changes. ref name How the Referendum is Understood cite news url http nla.gov.au nla.news article34544898 title How the Referendum is Understood. newspaper The Advertiser Adelaide ... December 2010 page 5 publisher National Library of Australia ref References reflist South Australian elections Category Referendums in South Australia 1896 Category 1896 in Australia Category Education ... more details
of Australia width 30 align center Followed by br Australianreferendum, 1977 Senate Casual Vacancies Senate Vacancies Amendment br Australianreferendum, 1977ReferendumsReferendum Amendment br Australianreferendum, 1977 Retirement of Judges Retirement of Judges Amendment br 1977 center ...The referendum of 27 May 1967 approved two amendments to the Constitution of Australia Australian constitution ... ref The other question put in the referendum, on the Australianreferendum, 1967 Parliament composition ... referendum gave Aboriginal people Australian citizenship and that it gave them the right to vote in federal elections. Neither of these statements is correct. Aboriginal people became Australian citizens in 1949, when a separate Australian nationality law Australian citizenship was created ... votes, excluding the invalid informal . Voting in Australian elections and referendums is compulsory ... history referendum 1967.html Australian 1967 Referendum Retrieved 12 March 2011. Contains ... PDF file. AustralianReferendums year 1967 Indigenous rights footer br center border 1 class toccolours style border collapse collapse width 30 align center Preceded by br Australianreferendum ... Category Indigenous Australian politics Category 1967 referendums ... Aboriginal People 1967 , which became law on 10 August 1967 following the results of the referendum ... Fact sheet 150 The 1967 Referendum url http www.naa.gov.au about us publications fact sheets fs150.aspx ... Williams title Australian Constitutional Law and Theory pages 972 993 publisher Federation Press edition ... should be read in conjunction with Section 24 of the Australian Constitution Section 24 and Section 51 xi of the Australian Constitution Section 51 xi . The section related to calculating the population ... seats or extra funds. The statistics power in Section 51 xi of the Australian Constitution Section 51 ... ceased to be mentioned at all in the national constitution. Referendum results Question Do you approve ... more details
I See also Another question was put to the people on the same day, Australianreferendum, 1973 Incomes AustralianReferendums year 1973 DEFAULTSORT AustralianReferendum, 1973 Prices Category 1973 in Australia Referendum Prices Category 1973 referendums Category Referendums in Australia 1973 Prices ...Unreferenced date December 2009 Constitution Alteration Prices 1973 sought to give the Australian government government legislative power over prices. The question was put to a referendum in the Australianreferendum, 1973 . Results Do you approve the proposed law for the alteration of the Australian Constitution Constitution entitled An Act to alter the Constitution so as to enable the Australian Parliament to control prices ? cellSpacing 0 cellPadding 4 border 1 Result align left rowSpan 2 State align right rowSpan 2 On rolls align right rowSpan 2 Ballots issued align middle colSpan 2 For align middle colSpan 2 Against align right rowSpan 2 Informal align middle align middle align middle align middle New South Wales align right 2,827,989 align right 2,618,673 align right 1,257,499 align middle 48.55 align right 1,332,485 align middle 51.45 align right 28,689 Victoria, Australia Victoria align right 2,129,494 align right 2,001,924 align right 891,144 align middle 45.18 align right 1,081,120 align middle 54.82 align right 29,660 Queensland align right 1,128,417 align right 1,055,299 align right 402,506 align middle 38.47 align right 643,770 align middle 61.53 align right 9,023 South Australia align right 737,573 align right 700,333 align right 282,754 align middle 41.16 align right 404,181 align middle 58.84 align right 13,398 Western Australia align right 588,789 align right 542,122 align right 169,605 align middle 31.90 align right 362,121 align middle 68.10 align right 10,396 Tasmania align right 241,207 align right 229,016 align right 85,631 align middle 38.22 align right 138,416 align middle 61.78 align right 4,969 Total for Commonwealth noWrap align right 7,653,469 noWrap ... more details
I See also Another question was put to the people on the same day, see Australianreferendum, 1973 Prices . AustralianReferendums year 1973 DEFAULTSORT AustralianReferendum, 1973 Incomes Category 1973 in Australia Referendum Incomes Category 1973 referendums Category Referendums in Australia ... more details
AustralianReferendums year 1911 DEFAULTSORT AustralianReferendum, 1911 Monopolies Category 1911 referendums Category 1911 in Australia Referendum Monopolies Category Referendums in Australia 1911 Monopolies Category 1911 elections in Australia Referendum Monopolies ... This was the first of many times that similar questions were asked at a referendum. On every ... more details
also AustralianReferendums year 1937 DEFAULTSORT AustralianReferendum, 1937 Aviation Category 1937 in Australia Referendum Aviation Category 1937 referendums Category Referendums in Australia 1937 ...Unreferenced date December 2009 Constitution Alteration Aviation 1936 sought to give the Australian government government legislative power with respect to air navigation and aircraft . The question was put to a referendum in the Australianreferendum, 1937 . Results Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Australian Constitution Constitution entitled Constitution Alteration Aviation 1936 ? cellSpacing 0 cellPadding 4 border 1 Result align left rowSpan 2 State align right rowSpan 2 On rolls align right rowSpan 2 Ballots issued align middle colSpan 2 For align middle colSpan 2 Against align right rowSpan 2 Informal align middle align middle align middle align middle New South Wales align right 1,550,947 align right 1,461,860 align right 664,589 align middle 47.25 align right 741,821 align middle 52.75 align right 55,450 Victoria, Australia Victoria align right 1,128,492 align right 1,074,278 align right 675,481 align middle 65.10 align right 362,112 align middle 34.90 align right 36,685 Queensland align right 562,240 align right 519,933 align right 310,352 align middle 61.87 align right 191,251 align middle 38.13 align right 18,330 South Australia align right 358,069 align right 341,444 align right 128,582 align middle 40.13 align right 191,831 align middle 59.87 align right 21,031 Western Australia align right 247,536 align right 221,832 align right 100,326 align middle 47.58 align right 110,529 align middle 52.42 align right 10,977 Tasmania align right 133,444 align right 125,016 align right 45,616 align middle 38.94 align right 71,518 align middle 61.06 align right 7,882 Total for Commonwealth noWrap align right 3,980,728 noWrap align right 3,744,363 noWrap align right 1,924,946 noWrap align middle 53.56 noWrap align right 1,669,062 noWrap align middle ... more details