1988 Australian referendum explained

The 1988 Australian referendum was held on 3 September 1988. It contained four referendum questions, none of which passed.

Results

Question		Vic	Qld	SA	WA	Tas	ACT^[1]	NT	States in favour	Voters in favour	Result
(39) Parliamentary Terms
(40) Fair Elections
(41) Local Government
(42) Rights and Freedoms

Results in detail

Parliamentary Terms

This section is an excerpt from 1988 Australian referendum (Parliamentary Terms) § Result

Fair Elections

This section is an excerpt from 1988 Australian referendum (Fair Elections) § Results

Local Government

This section is an excerpt from 1988 Australian referendum (Local Government) § Results

Rights and Freedoms

This section is an excerpt from 1988 Australian referendum (Rights and Freedoms) § 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. Following the 1977 referendum, votes cast in the territories count towards the national total, but are not counted toward any state total.