1984 Australian referendum

The 1984 Australian referendum was held on 1 December 1984. It contained two referendum questions, neither of which passed.^[1] As of 2022, this is the last referendum in which any state voted in favour of a constitutional amendment.

Result ^[2]
Question	NSW	Vic	Qld	SA	WA	Tas	ACT^[3]	NT^[3]	States in favour	Voters in favour	Result
(37) Terms of Senators	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	2:4	51%	Not carried
(38) Interchange of Powers	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	0:6	47%	Not carried

The referendum was held in conjunction with the 1984 federal election.

^ Lindell, Geoffrey; Bennett, R. L. (1 December 2001). Parliament: The Vision in Hindsight. Federation Press. pp. 235–. ISBN 9781862874060. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
^ Cite error: The named reference Handbook was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ ^a ^b Following the 1977 referendum, votes cast in the territories count towards the national total, but are not counted toward any state total.

[LindellBennett2001-1] Lindell, Geoffrey; Bennett, R. L. (1 December 2001). Parliament: The Vision in Hindsight. Federation Press. pp. 235–. ISBN 9781862874060. Retrieved 28 December 2012.

[Handbook-2] Cite error: The named reference Handbook was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[Territory-3] Following the 1977 referendum, votes cast in the territories count towards the national total, but are not counted toward any state total.

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