1967 Australian referendum

January 2020January 2020 the both questions asked in the 1967 referendum the first part, increasing the number of Members in the House of Representatives 1967 Australian referendum (Parliament) the second part of the 1967 referendum, regarding certain matters on Indigenous Australians 1967 Australian referendum (Aboriginals) The 1967 Australian referendum occurred on 27 May 1967 under the Holt government. It contained three topics asked about in two questions, regarding the passage of two bills to alter the Australian Constitution. The first question (Constitution Alteration (Parliament) Bill 1967) sought to increase the number of Members in the House of Representatives. The second question (Constitution Alteration (Aboriginals) Bill 1967) related to Indigenous Australians (referred to as "the Aboriginal Race") and was in two parts: whether to give the Federal Government the power to make laws for Indigenous Australians in states, and whether in population counts for constitutional purposes to include all Indigenous Australians.Constitution Alteration (Parliament) 1967 and Constitution Alteration (Aboriginals) 1967 Referendums: The Arguments For and Against the Proposed Alterations Together with a Statement Showing the Proposed Alterations https://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/IndigLRes/1967/4.html Commonwealth of Australia Austlii 15 August 2020 1967Arcioni Elisa 1 September 2012 Excluding Indigenous Australians from 'The People': A Reconsideration of Sections 25 and 127 of the Constitution Federal Law Review 40 3 287–315 10.22145/flr.40.3.1 210774854 https://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/FedLawRw/2012/12.html subscription (2012) 40(3) Federal Law Review 287. 1444-6928. Retrieved 4 August 2020.Thomas Matthew 25 May 2017 The 1967 Referendum https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library/FlagPost/2017/May/The_1967_Referendum live 19 August 2020 Parliament of Australia https://web.archive.org/web/20180527061522/https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library/FlagPost/2017/May/The_1967_Referendum 27 May 2018 + ResultsHandbook Question NSW Vic Qld SA WA TasStates in favourVoters in favour Result (25) Parliament 1:5 40% Not carried (26) Aboriginal people 6:0 91% Carried Results in detail Parliament 1967 Australian referendum (Parliament)Results This section is an excerpt from 1967 Australian referendum (Parliament) § Results Aboriginal people 1967 Australian referendum (Aboriginals)Results This section is an excerpt from 1967 Australian referendum (Aboriginals) § Results See also Referendums in Australia Politics of Australia History of Australia References Handbook Handbook of the 44th Parliament (2014) http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22handbook%2Fnewhandbook%2F2014-10-31%2F0049%22 Part 5 - Referendums and Plebiscites - Referendum results Parliamentary Library of Australia Further reading http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/House_of_Representatives_Committees?url=laca/inquiryinconch.htm Select sources on constitutional change in Australia 1901-1997 http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/House_of_representatives_Committees?url=laca/constitutionalchange/part2.pdf Part 2 - History of Australian Referendums 0644484101 Commonwealth of Australia 24 March 1997 Bennett, Scott 2003 http://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library/pubs/rp/rp0203/03rp11 Research Paper no. 11 2002–03: The Politics of Constitutional Amendment Parliamentary Library of Australia Canberra. Australian Electoral Commission (2007) Referendum Dates and Results 1906 – Present AEC, Canberra. 1967 Category:1967 referendums 1967 Category:May 1967 in Australia