Australian referendum, 1984

The 1984 Australian Referendum was held on 1 December 1984. It contained two referendum questions, neither of which passed.^[1]

Results ^[2]
Question	NSW	Vic	Qld	SA	WA	Tas	ACT ^[3]	NT ^[3]	States in favour	Voters in favour	Result
(37) Terms of Senators	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	2:4	51%	Not carried
(38) Interchange of Powers	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	0:6	47%	Not carried

The referendum was held in conjunction with the 1984 federal election.

References

↑ Lindell, Geoffrey; Bennett, R. L. (2001-12-01). Parliament: The Vision in Hindsight. Federation Press. pp. 235–. ISBN 9781862874060. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
↑ Handbook of the 44th Parliament (2014) "Part 5 - Referendums and Plebiscites - Referendum results". Parliamentary Library of Australia. .
1 2 Following the 1977 referendum, votes cast in the territories count towards the national total, but would not be counted toward any state total.

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