1977 Australian referendum

The 1977 Australian referendum was held on 21 May 1977. It contained four referendum questions and one non-binding plebiscite. To date, it is the most recent referendum to have been successful in Australia.

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Question	NSW	Vic	Qld	SA	WA	Tas	States in favour	Voters in favour	Result
(33) Simultaneous Elections	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No
(34) Senate Casual Vacancies	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
(35) Referendums	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
(36) Retirement of Judges	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes

This referendum had a particularly strong "Yes" vote. All but one of the referendum questions were carried, and the only one not carried had a clear national majority, but was held back by not achieving a majority of the states. No referendum since then has been successful.Template:Efn<ref name="Handbook"/>

PlebisciteTemplate:HspTemplate:Refn

Question	NSW	Vic	Qld	SA	WA	Tas	ACT	NT	Total voters
National Song	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes

The four referendum questions were only voted on in the states; voters in the territories only gained the right to vote on constitutional changes as a result of the Referendums amendment passing. Voters in the territories, however, were able to vote on the plebiscite.Template:Refn

Results in detail

Simultaneous Elections

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Senate Casual Vacancies

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Referendums

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Retirement of Judges

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National Song

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See also

• Politics of Australia
• History of Australia
• Referendums in Australia

Further reading

• Standing Committee on Legislative and Constitutional Affairs (1997) Constitutional Change: Select sources on Constitutional change in Australia 1901–1997 Template:Webarchive. Australian Government Printing Service, Canberra.
• Bennett, Scott (2003). Research Paper no. 11 2002–03: The Politics of Constitutional Amendment Template:Webarchive Australian Department of the Parliamentary Library, Canberra.
• Australian Electoral Commission (2007) Referendum Dates and Results 1906 – Present AEC, Canberra.

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