REFERENDUM OF 3 SEPTEMBER 1988 =================================================================== Title 1: Constitutional Alteration (Parliamentary Terms) 2: Constitutional Alteration (Fair Elections) 3: Constitutional Alteration (Local Government) 4: Constitutional Alteration (Rights and Freedoms) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Proposal 1: To amend the Constitution to provide for four-year terms for the House of Representatives and to require elections for the House of Representatives and the Senate to be held on the same day. State Enrolment Turnout Informal ------------------------------------------------------------------- NSW 3,564,856 3,297,246 (92.5) 36,122 (01.1) Vic 2,697,096 2,491,183 (92.4) 43,296 (01.7) Qld 1,693,247 1,542,293 (91.1) 9,692 (00.6) SA 937,974 873,511 (93.1) 14,119 (01.6) WA 926,636 845,209 (91.2) 12,098 (01.4) Tas 302,324 282,785 (93.5) 3,790 (01.3) ACT 166,131 149,128 (89.8) 1,342 (00.9) NT 74,695 56,370 (75.5) 1,056 (01.9) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 10,362,959 9,537,725 (92.0) 121,515 (01.3) ------------------------------------------------------------------- State Formal For Against ------------------------------------------------------------------- NSW 3,261,124 1,032,621 (31.7) 2,228,503 (68.3) * Vic 2,447,887 886,128 (36.2) 1,561,759 (63.8) * Qld 1,532,601 538,779 (35.1) 993,822 (64.9) * SA 859,392 229,938 (26.7) 629,454 (73.3) * WA 833,111 255,556 (30.7) 577,555 (69.3) * Tas 278,995 70,698 (25.3) 208,297 (74.7) * ACT 147,786 64,458 (43.6) 83,328 (56.4) + NT 55,314 21,092 (38.1) 34,222 (61.9) + ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 9,416,210 3,099,270 (32.9) 6,316,940 (67.1) * ------------------------------------------------------------------- The proposal was rejected nationally and in six states and was therefore not carried. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Proposal 2: To amend the Constitution to require ³fair and democratic² elections to all Australian Parliaments. State Enrolment Turnout Informal ------------------------------------------------------------------- NSW 3,564,856 3,297,246 (92.5) 36,929 (01.1) Vic 2,697,096 2,491,183 (92.4) 44,556 (01.8) Qld 1,693,247 1,542,293 (91.1) 9,761 (00.6) SA 937,974 873,511 (93.1) 14,403 (01.6) WA 926,636 845,209 (91.2) 12,425 (01.5) Tas 302,324 282,785 (93.5) 3,805 (01.3) ACT 166,131 149,128 (89.8) 1,376 (00.9) NT 74,695 56,370 (75.5) 1,095 (01.9) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 10,362,959 9,537,725 (92.0) 124,350 (01.3) ------------------------------------------------------------------- State Formal For Against ------------------------------------------------------------------- NSW 3,260,317 1,159,713 (35.6) 2,100,604 (64.4) * Vic 2,446,627 981,508 (40.1) 1,465,119 (59.9) * Qld 1,532,532 686,765 (44.8) 845,767 (55.2) * SA 859,108 263,006 (30.6) 596,102 (69.4) * WA 832,784 266,639 (32.0) 566,145 (68.0) * Tas 278,980 80,608 (28.9) 198,372 (71.1) * ACT 147,752 76,815 (52.0) + 70,937 (48.0) NT 55,275 23,763 (43.0) 31,512 (57.0) + ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 9,413,375 3,538,817 (37.6) 5,874,558 (62.4) * ------------------------------------------------------------------- The proposal was rejected nationally and in six states and was therefore not carried. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Proposal 3: To amend the Constitution to recognise local government. State Enrolment Turnout Informal ------------------------------------------------------------------- NSW 3,564,856 3,297,246 (92.5) 37,353 (01.1) Vic 2,697,096 2,491,183 (92.4) 45,206 (01.8) Qld 1,693,247 1,542,293 (91.1) 10,018 (00.6) SA 937,974 873,511 (93.1) 14,591 (01.7) WA 926,636 845,209 (91.2) 12,516 (01.5) Tas 302,324 282,785 (93.5) 3,864 (01.4) ACT 166,131 149,128 (89.8) 1,428 (00.9) NT 74,695 56,370 (75.5) 1,095 (01.9) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 10,362,959 9,537,725 (92.0) 126,071 (01.3) ------------------------------------------------------------------- State Formal For Against ------------------------------------------------------------------- NSW 3,259,893 1,033,364 (31.7) 2,226,529 (68.3) * Vic 2,445,977 882,020 (36.1) 1,563,957 (63.9) * Qld 1,532,275 586,942 (38.3) 945,333 (61.7) * SA 858,920 256,421 (29.8) 602,499 (70.2) * WA 832,693 247,830 (29.8) 584,863 (70.2) * Tas 278,921 76,707 (27.5) 202,214 (72.5) * ACT 147,700 58,755 (39.8) 88,945 (60.2) + NT 55,275 21,449 (38.8) 33,826 (61.2) + ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 9,411,654 3,163,488 (33.6) 6,248,166 (66.3) * ------------------------------------------------------------------- The proposal was rejected nationally and in six states and was therefore not carried. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Proposal 4: To amend the Constitution to include guarantees of trial by jury, freedom of religion and other matters. State Enrolment Turnout Informal ------------------------------------------------------------------- NSW 3,564,856 3,297,246 (92.5) 42,556 (01.3) Vic 2,697,096 2,491,183 (92.4) 49,642 (02.0) Qld 1,693,247 1,542,293 (91.1) 11,858 (00.8) SA 937,974 873,511 (93.1) 16,035 (01.8) WA 926,636 845,209 (91.2) 13,970 (01.6) Tas 302,324 282,785 (93.5) 4,312 (01.5) ACT 166,131 149,128 (89.8) 1,604 (01.1) NT 74,695 56,370 (75.5) 1,168 (02.1) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 10,362,959 9,537,725 (92.0) 141,145 (01.5) ------------------------------------------------------------------- State Formal For Against ------------------------------------------------------------------- NSW 3,254,690 965,045 (29.6) 2,289,645 (70.4) * Vic 2,441,541 816,057 (33.4) 1,625,484 (66.6) * Qld 1,530,435 503,217 (32.9) 1,027,218 (67.1) * SA 857,476 223,038 (26.0) 634,438 (74.0) * WA 831,239 233,917 (28.1) 597,322 (71.9) * Tas 278,473 70,987 (25.5) 207,486 (74.5) * ACT 147,524 60,064 (40.7) 87,460 (59.3) + NT 55,202 20,503 (37.1) 34,699 (62.9) + ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 9,396,580 2,892,828 (30.8) 6,503,752 (69.2) * ------------------------------------------------------------------- The proposal was rejected nationally and in six states and was therefore not carried. -------------------------------------------------------------------