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session again passes the proposed law by an absolute majority with or without any amendment which has been made or agreed to by the other House, and such other House rejects or fails to pass it or passes it with any amendment to which the first‑mentioned House will not agree, the
Governor‑General may submit the proposed law as last proposed by the first‑mentioned House, and either with or without any amendments subsequently agreed to by both Houses, to the electors
121:
549:
attempted to alter the way in which the results of referendum questions would be tallied. The votes of residents of territories was to be included in the national totals for deciding national majority and a majority of voters in only three of the six states would need to vote 'yes', rather than four
517:
When a proposed law is submitted to the electors the vote shall be taken in such manner as the
Parliament prescribes. But until the qualification of electors of members of the House of Representatives becomes uniform throughout the Commonwealth, only one‑half the electors voting for and against the
557:
voted 'yes', which resulted in rejection of these questions. Had this modification been in place, two out of three of these questions would have carried. Additionally, in the two instances following this referendum where a majority of voters nationwide and the majority of voters in fewer than four
535:
No alteration diminishing the proportionate representation of any State in either House of the
Parliament, or the minimum number of representatives of a State in the House of Representatives, or increasing, diminishing, or otherwise altering the limits of the State, or in any manner affecting the
507:
But if either House passes any such proposed law by an absolute majority, and the other House rejects or fails to pass it, or passes it with any amendment to which the first‑mentioned House will not agree, and if after an interval of three months the first‑mentioned House in the same or the next
591:
497:
The proposed law for the alteration thereof must be passed by an absolute majority of each House of the
Parliament, and not less than two nor more than six months after its passage through both Houses the proposed law shall be submitted
569:, and was carried strongly. Given this, and examining the results of this question it can be inferred that the states with small populations were unwilling to give up their power for the sake of giving votes to territorians.
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a majority of the electors voting approve the proposed law, and if a majority of all the electors voting also approve the proposed law, it shall be presented to the
Governor‑General for the Queen’s assent.
232:
Proposed law entitled "An Act to facilitate alterations to the
Constitution and to allow electors in territories, as well as electors in the states, to vote at referendums on proposed laws to alter the
1056:
72:
An Act to facilitate alterations to the
Constitution and to allow electors in territories, as well as electors in the states, to vote at referendums on proposed laws to alter the Constitution.
215:
The bill to amend the constitution was passed by the House of
Representatives however it was rejected by the Senate. Instead the referendum was put to voters using the deadlock provision in
223:, voters in territories had been excluded from voting in referendums. The proposal would have meant that their votes counted towards the national majority, but not towards any state total.
650:
636:
988:
553:
Prior to this referendum, there were three referendum questions in which a majority of voters nationwide and the majority of voters in fewer than four
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provisions of the
Constitution in relation thereto, shall become law unless the majority of the electors voting in that State approve the proposed law.
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609:
1071:
672:
492:
216:
680:
1116:
1066:
1006:
566:
1031:
1026:
972:
1046:
1111:
1142:
702:
1106:
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640:
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865:
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860:
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The proposal was to alter the constitution as follows (removed text stricken through; substituted text in bold):
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1096:
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voted 'yes', only one of these outcomes would have been changed had this modification been in place.
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A similar question without the modification to the double majority rule was put to referendum in
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to the electors qualified to vote for the election of members of the House of
Representatives.
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proposed law shall be counted in any State in which adult suffrage prevails.
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the right to vote in referendums. It was put to voters for approval in a
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Obtained majority in one state and an overall minority of 292,416 votes.
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683:
198:
Constitution Alteration (Mode of Altering the Constitution) Bill 1974
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qualified to vote for the election of the House of Representatives.
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204:
to make it easier to amend the constitution and give voters in the
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Constitution Alteration (Mode of Altering the Constitution) Bill
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19:
1974 Australian "Mode of Altering the Constitution" referendum
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637:"Part 5 - Referendums and Plebiscites - Referendum results"
610:"Resolving Deadlocks in the Australian Parliament"
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484:Proposed changes to the text of the constitution
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200:, was an unsuccessful proposal to alter the
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550:out of six as in previous referendums.
528:in not less than one-half of the States
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238:Do you approve the proposed law?
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75:Do you approve the proposed law?
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210:referendum held on 18 May 1974
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242:
997:
982:Constitutional Convention
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179:Registered voters/turnout
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443:Total for Commonwealth
202:Australian Constitution
150:Invalid or blank votes
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206:Australian territories
47:18 May 1974
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694:referendums
493:Section 128
476:Not carried
339:Queensland
217:Section 128
162:Total votes
1132:Categories
620:20 October
573:References
547:referendum
541:Discussion
458:3,789,923
452:3,497,507
449:7,410,511
446:7,759,714
345:1,098,401
342:1,154,762
328:1,033,486
322:1,001,753
319:2,070,893
316:2,161,474
302:1,295,621
296:1,367,476
293:2,702,903
290:2,834,558
221:federation
183:7,759,714
142:7,287,430
111:3,497,507
51:1974-05-18
690:elections
417:Tasmania
313:Victoria
268:Informal
167:7,410,511
128:3,789,923
688:Federal
469:Results
464:123,081
432:138,674
423:237,891
420:246,596
406:324,435
400:240,134
397:577,989
394:612,016
380:392,891
374:311,954
371:722,434
368:750,308
354:604,816
348:480,926
265:Against
227:Question
219:. Since
153:123,081
523:And if
426:95,264
412:13,420
386:17,589
360:12,659
334:35,654
308:39,806
243:Results
172:100.00%
145:98.34%
114:47.99%
81:Results
49: (
598:(Cth).
560:states
555:states
461:52.01
455:47.99
438:3,953
435:59.28
429:40.72
409:57.47
403:42.53
383:55.74
377:44.26
357:55.71
351:44.29
331:50.78
325:49.22
305:48.65
299:51.35
253:State
186:95.5%
156:1.66%
133:52.01%
95:Votes
91:Choice
545:This
279:Vote
273:Vote
1117:2023
1112:2017
1107:1999
1102:1988
1097:1984
1092:1977
1087:1974
1082:1973
1077:1967
1072:1951
1067:1948
1062:1946
1057:1944
1052:1937
1047:1928
1042:1926
1037:1919
1032:1917
1027:1916
1022:1913
1017:1911
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989:1997
967:Next
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956:2019
951:2016
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741:1917
736:1914
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726:1910
721:1906
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692:and
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595:1974
262:For
196:The
108:Yes
124:No
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