REFERENDUM OF 8 DECEMBER 1973 
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Title 1: Constitutional Alteration (Prices)
      2: Constitutional Alteration (Wages)
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Proposal 1: To amend the Constitution to give the Commonwealth 
power to control prices.

State       Enrolment        Turnout          Informal   
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NSW         2,827,989      2,618,673 (92.6)     28,689 (01.1)
Vic         2,129,414      2,001,924 (94.0)     29,660 (01.5)
Qld         1,128,417      1,055,299 (93.5)      9,023 (00.8)
SA            737,573        700,333 (95.0)     13,398 (01.9)
WA            588,789        542,122 (92.1)     10,396 (01.9)
Tas           241,207        229,016 (94.9)      4,969 (02.2)
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Total       7,653,469      7,147,367 (93.4)     96,135 (01.3)
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State         Formal        For                  Against
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NSW         2,589,984     1,257,499 (48.5)     1,332,485 (51.5) *
Vic         1,972,264       891,144 (45.2)     1,081,120 (54.8) *
Qld         1,046,276       402,506 (38.5)       643,770 (61.5) *
SA            686,935       282,754 (41.2)       404,181 (58.8) *
WA            531,726       169,605 (31.9)       362,121 (68.1) *
Tas           224,047        85,631 (38.2)       138,416 (61.8) *
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Total       7,051,232     3,089,139 (43.8)     3,962,093 (56.2) *
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The proposal was rejected nationally and in six states and was 
therefore not carried.
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Proposal 2: To amend the Constitution to give the Commonwealth 
power to legislate with respect to incomes.

State       Enrolment        Turnout          Informal   
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NSW         2,827,989      2,618,673 (92.6)     35,027 (01.3)
Vic         2,129,414      2,001,924 (94.0)     34,866 (01.7)
Qld         1,128,417      1,055,299 (93.5)     10,574 (01.0)
SA            737,573        700,333 (95.0)     16,089 (02.3)
WA            588,789        542,122 (92.1)     12,392 (02.3)
Tas           241,207        229,016 (94.9)      6,019 (02.6)
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Total       7,653,469      7,147,367 (93.4)    114,967 (01.6)
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State         Formal        For                  Against
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NSW         2,583,646     1,041,429 (40.3)     1,542,217 (59.7) *
Vic         1,967,058       657,756 (33.4)     1,309,302 (66.6) *
Qld         1,044,725       331,163 (31.7)       713,562 (68.3) *
SA            682,244       193,301 (28.3)       490,943 (71.7) *
WA            529,730       133,531 (25.2)       396,199 (74.8) *
Tas           222,997        63,135 (28.3)       159,862 (71.7) *
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Total       7,032,400     2,420,315 (34.4)     4,612,085 (65.6) *
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The proposal was rejected nationally and in six states and was 
therefore not carried.
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