1988 Australian referendum#Local Government
{{Short description|Referendum on proposed amendments to the Constitution of Australia}}
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The 1988 Australian referendum was held on 3 September 1988. It contained four referendum questions, none of which passed.{{Cite journal |last=Jarvis |first=Anthony |date=1989-04-01 |title=The Australian constitutional referendum: 1988 |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0261379489900243 |journal=Electoral Studies |volume=8 |issue=1 |pages=87–89 |doi=10.1016/0261-3794(89)90024-3 |issn=0261-3794}}
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! style="text-align:left;" | Question ! style="width:50px" align=center | NSW ! style="width:50px" align=center | Vic ! style="width:50px" align=center | Qld ! style="width:50px" align=center | SA ! style="width:50px" align=center | WA ! style="width:50px" align=center | Tas ! style="width:50px" | ACT{{hsp}}Following the 1977 referendum, votes cast in the territories count towards the national total, but are not counted toward any state total. ! style="width:50px" | NT{{hsp}} ! style="width:70px" align=center | States in favour ! style="width:70px" align=center | Voters in favour ! Result | |
| ---- | (39) Parliamentary Terms
| {{No|32%}} | {{No|36%}} | {{No|35%}} | {{No|27%}} | {{No|31%}} | {{No|25%}} | {{safe|44%}} | {{safe|38%}} | {{No|0:6}} | {{No|33%}} ! {{No|Not carried}} |
| ---- | (40) Fair Elections
| {{No|36%}} | {{No|40%}} | {{No|45%}} | {{No|31%}} | {{No|32%}} | {{No|29%}} | {{safe|52%}} | {{safe|43%}} | {{No|0:6}} | {{No|38%}} ! {{No|Not carried}} |
| ---- | (41) Local Government
| {{No|32%}} | {{No|36%}} | {{No|38%}} | {{No|30%}} | {{No|30%}} | {{No|28%}} | {{safe|40%}} | {{safe|39%}} | {{no|0:6}} | {{no|34%}} ! {{No|Not carried}} |
| ---- | (42) Rights and Freedoms
| {{No|30%}} | {{No|33%}} | {{No|33%}} | {{No|26%}} | {{No|28%}} | {{No|25%}} | {{safe|41%}} | {{safe|37%}} | {{no|0:6}} | {{No|31%}} ! {{No|Not carried}} |
Results in detail
=Parliamentary Terms=
:This section is an excerpt from 1988 Australian referendum (Parliamentary Terms) § Result
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= Fair Elections =
:This section is an excerpt from 1988 Australian referendum (Fair Elections) § Results
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= Local Government =
:This section is an excerpt from 1988 Australian referendum (Local Government) § Results
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= Rights and Freedoms =
:This section is an excerpt from 1988 Australian referendum (Rights and Freedoms) § Results
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See also
References
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{{refn|name=Handbook|Handbook of the 44th Parliament (2014) {{cite web |url=http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22handbook%2Fnewhandbook%2F2014-10-31%2F0049%22 |title=Part 5 - Referendums and Plebiscites - Referendum results |publisher=Parliamentary Library of Australia }}}}
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Further reading
- {{cite book |url=http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/House_of_Representatives_Committees?url=laca/inquiryinconch.htm |title=Select sources on constitutional change in Australia 1901–1997}} {{cite book |url=http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/House_of_representatives_Committees?url=laca/constitutionalchange/part2.pdf |title=Part 2 – History of Australian Referendums |ISBN=0644484101 |publisher=Commonwealth of Australia |date= 24 March 1997}}
- {{cite web |author=Bennett, Scott |year=2003 |url=http://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library/pubs/rp/rp0203/03rp11 |title=Research Paper no. 11 2002–03: The Politics of Constitutional Amendment |publisher=Parliamentary Library of Australia |location=Canberra}}.
- Australian Electoral Commission (2007) [http://www.aec.gov.au/Elections/referendums/Referendum_Dates_and_Results.htm Referendum Dates and Results 1906 – Present] AEC, Canberra.
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