[Referendum, 18 May 1974 : on the Proposed Laws for the alteration of the Constitution : ephemera material collected by the National Library of Australia]
- Bib ID:
- 6814641
- Format:
- Book
- Description:
- folders of miscellaneous pieces.
- Series:
- Australian ephemera collection (General)
- Summary:
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A collection of chiefly printed ephemera concerned with the issues and debate for the four questions asked at the referendum held on 18 May 1974. The questions related to ensuring simultaneous elections for the Senate and the House of Representatives (not carried); allowing Territory electors to vote in referendums and to enable amendments to be made to the Constitution if approved by a majority of voters and a majority of voters in half the States (not carried); making population instead of electors the basis for determining the size of electorates (not carried); and to allow the Commonwealth to borrow and to grant financial assistance to local government bodies (not carried). The referendum was held in conjunction with the 1974 federal election.
- Subject:
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- Australia. Constitution -- Amendments
- Australia Constitution Alteration (Simultaneous Elections) 1974
- Australia Constitution Alteration (Mode of Altering the Constitution) 1974
- Australia Constitution Alteration (Democratic Elections) 1974
- Australia Constitution Alteration (Local Government Bodies) 1974
- Referendum 1974 -- Australia -- Miscellanea
- Printed ephemera -- Australia
- Referendum, 18 May 1974
- Australian
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 9999
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