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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58 - Wollongong and Shoalhaven
57 - Inner West and City of Sydney council elections
56 - Hornsby and Ku-ring-gai
55 - Northern Beaches council election
54 - Camden, Campbelltown and Liverpool council elections
53 - Tasmanian election results
52 - Redistribution update
51 - Tasmanian election preview
50 - The day after the WA election
49 - WA election update
48 - Introduction to the WA election
47 - QLD election, the next day
46 - The day before Queensland
45 - ACT and NZ results
44 - ACT election preview
43 - Queensland election preview
42 - All about redistributions
41 - NT election results
40 - The day before the NT election
39 - Introducing the NT election
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