1984 Australian referendum explained

The 1984 Australian referendum was held on 1 December 1984. It contained two referendum questions, neither of which passed.^[1] As of 2022, this is the last referendum in which any state voted in favour of a constitutional amendment.

Result

	Question		Vic	Qld	SA	WA	Tas	ACT^[2]	NT	States in favour	Voters in favour	Result
(37) Terms of Senators
(38) Interchange of Powers

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

Results in detail

Terms of Senators

This section is an excerpt from 1984 Australian referendum (Terms of Senators) § Results

Interchange of Powers

This section is an excerpt from 1984 Australian referendum (Interchange of Powers) § Results

See also

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

Further reading

• Book: Select sources on constitutional change in Australia 1901-1997. Book: Part 2 - History of Australian Referendums . 0644484101 . Commonwealth of Australia . 24 March 1997.
• Web site: Bennett, Scott . 2003 . Research Paper no. 11 2002–03: The Politics of Constitutional Amendment . . Canberra. .
• Australian Electoral Commission (2007) Referendum Dates and Results 1906 – Present AEC, Canberra.

Notes and References

1. Book: Lindell. Geoffrey. Bennett. R. L.. Parliament: The Vision in Hindsight. 28 December 2012. 2001-12-01. Federation Press. 9781862874060. 235–.
2. Following the 1977 referendum, votes cast in the territories count towards the national total, but are not counted toward any state total.