1913 Australian referendum (Industrial Matters)

October 2021 October 2021 1913 Australian Industrial Matters referendum Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled —"Constitution Alteration (Industrial Matters) 1912" ? 1913 05 31 y Australia 961,601 987,611 81,558 2,760,216 The Constitution Alteration (Industrial Matters) Bill 1912,https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2004B02241 Constitution Alteration (Industrial Matters) Bill legislation.gov.au 22 April 2019 was an unsuccessful referendum held in 1913 that sought to alter the Australian Constitution to give the Commonwealth legislative power in respect to industrial matters. Issues October 2016 Question Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'Constitution Alteration (Industrial Matters) 1912'? Proposed Changes to the Constitution The proposal was to alter the text of section 51 of the Constitution to read as follows:https://www.legislation.gov.au/file/1913GN30 Notification of the receipt of a Writ for a Referendum Commonwealth of Australia Gazette www.legislation.gov.au 25 April 1913 30 1097–8. 51. The Parliament shall, subject to this Constitution, have Legislative power to make laws for the peace, order, and good government of the Commonwealth with respect to: (xxxv.) Conciliation and arbitration for the prevention and settlement of industrial disputes extending beyond the limits of any one State: Labour, and employment, and unemployment, including- (a) the terms and conditions of labour and employment in any trade, industry, occupation, or calling; (b) the rights and obligations of employers and employés; (c) strikes and lockouts; (d) the maintenance of industrial peace; and (e) the settlement of industrial disputes. Results + ResultGazetteHandbook State Electoral roll Ballots issued For Against Informal Vote % Vote % New South Wales 1,036,187 717,855 318,622 46.88 361,044 53.12 36,933 Victoria 830,391 626,861 297,892 49.02 309,804 50.98 18,837 Queensland 363,082 280,525 147,171 54.36 123,554 45.64 9,579 South Australia 244,026 195,463 96,626 51.40 91,361 48.60 7,259 Western Australia 179,784 132,149 66,451 52.71 59,612 47.29 5,753 Tasmania 106,746 80,398 34,839 45.20 42,236 54.80 3,197 Total for Commonwealth 2,760,216 2,033,251 961,601 49.33 987,611 50.67 81,558 Results Obtained majority in three states and an overall minority of 26,010 votes. Not carried Discussion The 1911 referendum asked a single question that dealt with trade and commerce, corporations and industrial matters. This resolution separated each of those matters into a different question. Like its forebear, none of these resolutions were carried. On each of the many occasions a similar question was asked at a referendum the public decided not to vest power in the Commonwealth over these matters. 1911 referendum on trade and commerce See also Politics of Australia History of Australia References Gazette https://www.legislation.gov.au/file/1913GN55 Result of the Referendum Commonwealth of Australia Gazette www.legislation.gov.au 2 August 1913 55 1792 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 Standing Committee on Legislative and Constitutional Affairs (1997) Constitutional Change: Select sources on Constitutional change in Australia 1901–1997 https://web.archive.org/web/20110605092632/http://www.aph.gov.au/HOUSE/committee/laca/Inquiryinconch.htm 5 June 2011 . Australian Government Printing Service, Canberra. Bennett, Scott (2003). Research Paper no. 11 2002–03: The Politics of Constitutional Amendment https://web.archive.org/web/20120216200422/http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/rp/2002-03/03RP11.htm 16 February 2012 Australian Department of the Parliamentary Library, Canberra. Australian Electoral Commission (2007) Referendum Dates and Results 1906 – Present AEC, Canberra. 1913 Referendum (Industrial Matters) Referendum (Industrial Matters) Category:1913 referendums 1913 (Industrial Matters)