Australian Constitution

Referendums

45 proposals — 8 carried, 37 defeated

1906Carried

Senate Elections

Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'Constitution Alteration (Senate Elections) 1906'?

82.65% yes6/6 states
1906Defeated

Finance

Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'Constitution Alteration (Finance) 1906'?

49.04% yes2/6 states
1910Carried

State Debts

Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'Constitution Alteration (State Debts) 1909'?

54.95% yes4/6 states
1911Defeated

Trade and Commerce

Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'Constitution Alteration (Trade and Commerce) 1911'?

39.42% yes0/6 states
1911Defeated

Monopolies

Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'Constitution Alteration (Monopolies) 1911'?

39.89% yes0/6 states
1913Defeated

Trade and Commerce

Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'Constitution Alteration (Trade and Commerce) 1912'?

49.38% yes2/6 states
1913Defeated

Corporations

Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'Constitution Alteration (Corporations) 1912'?

49.33% yes2/6 states
1913Defeated

Industrial Matters

Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'Constitution Alteration (Industrial Matters) 1912'?

49.33% yes2/6 states
1913Defeated

Railway Disputes

Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'Constitution Alteration (Railway Disputes) 1912'?

48.73% yes1/6 states
1913Defeated

Trusts

Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'Constitution Alteration (Trusts) 1912'?

49.78% yes2/6 states
1913Defeated

Nationalisation of Monopolies

Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'Constitution Alteration (Nationalisation of Monopolies) 1912'?

49.33% yes2/6 states
1919Defeated

Nationalisation of Monopolies

Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'Constitution Alteration (Nationalisation of Monopolies) 1919'?

48.64% yes2/6 states
1919Defeated

Legislative Powers

Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'Constitution Alteration (Legislative Powers) 1919'?

49.65% yes2/6 states
1926Defeated

Industry and Commerce

Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'Constitution Alteration (Industry and Commerce) 1926'?

43.5% yes1/6 states
1926Defeated

Essential Services

Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'Constitution Alteration (Essential Services) 1926'?

42.75% yes1/6 states
1928Carried

State Debts

Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'Constitution Alteration (State Debts) 1928'?

74.3% yes6/6 states
1937Defeated

Aviation

Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'Constitution Alteration (Aviation) 1936'?

53.56% yes3/6 states
1937Defeated

Marketing

Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'Constitution Alteration (Marketing) 1936'?

36.26% yes1/6 states
1944Defeated

Post-War Reconstruction and Democratic Rights

Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'Constitution Alteration (Post-War Reconstruction and Democratic Rights) 1944'?

45.99% yes2/6 states
1946Carried

Social Services

Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'Constitution Alteration (Social Services) 1946'?

54.39% yes6/6 states
1946Defeated

Organised Marketing of Primary Products

Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'Constitution Alteration (Organised Marketing of Primary Products) 1946'?

50.57% yes3/6 states
1948Defeated

Rents and Prices

Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'Constitution Alteration (Rents and Prices) 1947'?

40.66% yes0/6 states
1951Defeated

Communist Party Dissolution

Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'Constitution Alteration (Powers to Deal with Communists and Communism) 1951'?

49.44% yes2/6 states
1967Carried

Aboriginals

Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'Constitution Alteration (Aboriginals) 1967'?

90.77% yes6/6 states
1967Defeated

Parliament (Nexus)

Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'Constitution Alteration (Parliament) 1967'?

40.25% yes0/6 states
1973Defeated

Prices

Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'Constitution Alteration (Prices) 1973'?

34.42% yes0/6 states
1973Defeated

Incomes

Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'Constitution Alteration (Incomes) 1973'?

34.26% yes0/6 states
1974Defeated

Simultaneous Elections

Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'Constitution Alteration (Simultaneous Elections) 1974'?

48.3% yes2/6 states
1974Defeated

Mode of Altering the Constitution

Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'Constitution Alteration (Mode of Altering the Constitution) 1974'?

47.99% yes2/6 states
1974Defeated

Democratic Elections

Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'Constitution Alteration (Democratic Elections) 1974'?

47.19% yes2/6 states
1974Defeated

Local Government Bodies

Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'Constitution Alteration (Local Government Bodies) 1974'?

46.85% yes2/6 states
1977Carried

Senate Casual Vacancies

Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'Constitution Alteration (Senate Casual Vacancies) 1977'?

73.32% yes6/6 states
1977Carried

Referendums (Territories Voting)

Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'Constitution Alteration (Referendums) 1977'?

77.72% yes6/6 states
1977Carried

Retirement of Judges

Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'Constitution Alteration (Retirement of Judges) 1977'?

80.1% yes6/6 states
1977Defeated

Simultaneous Elections

Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'Constitution Alteration (Simultaneous Elections) 1977'?

62.22% yes3/6 states
1984Defeated

Terms of Senators

Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'Constitution Alteration (Terms of Senators) 1984'?

50.64% yes2/6 states
1984Defeated

Interchange of Powers

Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'Constitution Alteration (Interchange of Powers) 1984'?

47.06% yes1/6 states
1984Defeated

Fair Elections

Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'Constitution Alteration (Fair Elections) 1984'?

42.15% yes1/6 states
1988Defeated

Parliamentary Terms

Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'Constitution Alteration (Parliamentary Terms) 1988'?

32.92% yes0/6 states
1988Defeated

Fair Elections

Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'Constitution Alteration (Fair Elections) 1988'?

37.59% yes0/6 states
1988Defeated

Local Government

Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'Constitution Alteration (Local Government) 1988'?

33.62% yes0/6 states
1988Defeated

Rights and Freedoms

Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'Constitution Alteration (Rights and Freedoms) 1988'?

30.79% yes0/6 states
1999Defeated

Republic

Do you approve of the proposed law to alter the Constitution to establish the Commonwealth of Australia as a republic with the Queen and Governor-General being replaced by a President appointed by a two-thirds majority of the members of the Commonwealth Parliament?

45.13% yes0/6 states
1999Defeated

Preamble

Do you approve of the proposed law to alter the Constitution to insert a preamble?

39.34% yes0/6 states
2023Defeated

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice

A Proposed Law: to alter the Constitution to recognise the First Peoples of Australia by establishing an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice. Do you approve this proposed alteration?

39.94% yes0/6 states