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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38 - Tasmanian upper house preview
37 - Eden-Monaro review and state seat entitlements
36 - Eden-Monaro preview
35 - Queensland local elections wrap-up
34 - COVID-19 and Queensland elections
33 - Council elections in South-East Queensland
32 - The Australian Election Study
31 - Introduction to Brisbane City Council
30 - can our voting system really be "fair"?
29 - Redistribution update
28 - Australian polling after the federal election
27 - Federal election results
26 - Anti-politics and how to watch election night
25 - Pre-poll and the federal campaign in NSW
24 - Federal election nominations and housing policy
23 - Federal election week one
22 - NSW election wrap and One Nation preferences
21 - NSW election results
20 - NSW election final week
19 - The Greens and the changing NSW party system
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