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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18 - Rural seats and election funding in NSW
17 - NSW election and independents with Antony Green and Jill Sheppard
16 - Victorian late counting
15 - Victorian election results
14 - Victorian upper house preferences
13 - One year since the marriage survey
12 - Tasmanian council elections
11 - Greens seats in Victoria
10 - Wentworth results wrap-up
09 - Wentworth and Victoria preview
08 - Wagga Wagga results and Banks
07 - New prime minister, right-wing minor parties and Wagga
06 - Liberal leadership spill and Lindsay
05 - Voter representation choices and Gilmore
04 - By-election wrap-up with William Bowe
03 - Mayo, Longman and Senate party-hopping
02 - Braddon, Fremantle, Perth and how we name seats
01 - Darling Range and Liberal women
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