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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78 - Bringing down the ecological fallacy
77 - PNG election preview
76 - Federal election wrap-up
75 - A remarkable election
74 - The final countdown
73 - The Australian Polling Council
72 - Minor parties on the right
71 - Records broken as nominations close
70 - Rise of the independents
69 - Labor and the Greens in the federal election
68 - Polling and the federal election
67 - SA election results
66 - SA election final week
65 - SA election kick-off
64 - NSW by-elections wrap-up
63 - NSW by-elections preview
62 - NSW council election results
61 - Final week of NSW local government elections
60 - Penrith council election
59 - Ryde council election
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