1967 Australian referendum
Template:Use Australian EnglishTemplate:Use dmy dates Template:About The 1967 Australian referendum occurred on 27 May 1967 under the Holt government. It contained three topics asked about in two questions, regarding the passage of two bills to alter the Australian Constitution.<ref name="Ballotpaper"/>
The first question (Constitution Alteration (Parliament) Bill 1967) sought to increase the number of Members in the House of Representatives.<ref name="Ballotpaper" /> The second question (Constitution Alteration (Aboriginals) Bill 1967) related to Indigenous Australians (referred to as "the Aboriginal Race") and was in two parts: whether to give the Federal Government the power to make laws for Indigenous Australians in states, and whether in population counts for constitutional purposes to include all Indigenous Australians.<ref name="Ballotpaper">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal (2012) 40(3) Federal Law Review 287. Template:ISSN. Retrieved 4 August 2020.</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
| Question | NSW | Vic | Qld | SA | WA | Tas | States in favour | Voters in favour | Result |
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| (25) Parliament | Template:Yes | Template:No | Template:No | Template:No | Template:No | Template:No | Template:No | Template:No | Template:No |
| (26) Aboriginal people | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes |
Results in detail
Parliament
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Aboriginal people
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See also
References
Further reading
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- Australian Electoral Commission (2007) Referendum Dates and Results 1906 – Present AEC, Canberra.
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