REFERENDUM OF 17 NOVEMBER 1928
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Title: Constitutional Alteration (State Debts)
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Proposal: To amend the Constitution to terminate the system of 
per capita payments to the States, and to give the Commonwealth 
power to control State borrowing.

State       Enrolment        Turnout          Informal   
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NSW         1,335,600      1,244,918 (93.2)     74,626 (06.0)
Vic         1,006,463        953,447 (94.7)     51,909 (05.4)
Qld           465,423        435,298 (93.5)     20,791 (04.5)
SA            319,584        301,179 (94.2)     38,534 (12.8)
WA            203,146        183,475 (90.3)     15,010 (08.2)
Tas           114,490        106,153 (92.7)     12,387 (11.7)
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Total       3,444,766      3,224,500 (93.6)    213,257 (06.6)
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State         Formal        For                  Against
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NSW         1,170,292       754,446 (64.5) *     415,846 (35.5)  
Vic           901,538       791,425 (87.8) *     110,143 (13.2)
Qld           414,507       367,257 (88.6) *      47,250 (11.4) 
SA            262,645       164,628 (62.7) *      98,017 (37.3)
WA            168,465        96,913 (57.5) *      71,552 (42.5)
Tas            93,766        62,722 (66.9) *      31,044 (33.1)
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Total       3,011,243     2,237,391 (74.3) *     773,852 (25.7)
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The proposal was approved nationally and in six states and was 
therefore carried.
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