Ben is joined by Paul Kildea and Andre Brett to discuss the history of Australian referendums. We discuss the historical origins of referendums at both the state and federal level, the dynamics of referendum campaigns, how different states tend to vote, the voters' bias towards the status quo, and discuss some of our favourite referendums.
We reference some fairly obscure referendums, including the 1928 referendum in the Australian Federal Territory on ending prohibition, the 1951 and 1965 Wool Reserve Prices referendums, the national song poll of 1977 and the unsuccessful attempt to extend hotel opening hours prior to the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games.
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118 - India goes to the polls
117 - Tasmania elects a hung parliament
116 - Wrapping up Queensland's local elections
115 - A tour of Tasmania's electorates
114 - Queensland council elections preview
113 - Let's go back to Tasmania
112 - Prabowo wins in Indonesia
111 - Indonesia goes to the polls
110 - Generational gaps in Australian politics
109 - Finding the electoral sweet spot
108 - Inside a party’s redistribution submission
107 - Boundary delimitation, straight from Malaysia
106 - Voice referendum wrap-up
105 - Voice referendum final week
104 - New Zealand election preview
103 - A history of Indigenous elections in Australia
101 - Group voting tickets and ward changes in Victoria
100 - Redistributions all over Australia
99 - History of STV in the USA
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