Year Of Proposal | Subject & Proposal | % of votes in favour |
---|---|---|
1906 | Senate Elections To enable elections for both Houses to be held concurrently |
82.65% |
1910 | State Debts To give the Commonwealth unrestricted power to take over State debts |
54.95% |
1928 | State Debts to end the system of per capita payments which have been made by the Commonwealth to the States since 1910, and to restrict the right of each State to borrow for its own development by subjecting that borrowing to control by a loan council |
74.30% |
1946 | Social Services to give the Commonwealth power to legislate on a wide range of social services |
54.39% |
1967 | *Aboriginals to enable the Commonwealth to enact laws for Aboriginal people. To remove the prohibition against counting Aboriginal people in population counts in the Commonwealth or a State. |
90.77% |
1977 | *Senate Casual Vacancies to ensure, as far as practicable, that a casual vacancy in the Senate is filled by a person of the same political party as the Senator chosen by the people, and that the person shall hold the seat for the balance of the term |
73.32% |
1977 | *Referendums - Territories to allow electors in Territories, as well as in the States, to vote in constitutional referendums |
77.72% |
1977 | *Retirement of Judges to provide for retiring ages for judges of Federal courts |
80.10% |
Note: * indicates a referendum that was not held in conjunction with an election
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