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The Australian republic referendum held on 6 November 1999 was a two-question referendum to amend the Constitution of Australia.The first question asked whether Australia should become a republic, under a bi-partisan appointment model where the president would be appointed by the federal parliament with a two-thirds majority.
Australské republikánské referendum (1999) Usage on da.wikipedia.org Folkeafstemningen om republik i Australien; Usage on es.wikipedia.org Referéndum republicano de Australia de 1999; Usage on fa.wikipedia.org رفراندوم جمهوری استرالیا (۱۹۹۹) Usage on fr.wikipedia.org Australie; Référendum constitutionnel ...
Republicanism in Australia is a movement to change Australia's system of government from a constitutional monarchy to a republic; presumably, a form of parliamentary republic that would replace the monarch of Australia (currently King Charles III) with a non-royal Australian head of state.
In Australia, referendums (also spelt referenda) [1] are public votes held on important issues where the electorate may approve or reject a certain proposal. In contemporary usage, polls conducted on non-constitutional issues are known as plebiscites, with the term referendum being reserved solely for votes on constitutional changes, which is legally required to make a change to the ...
Australian voters rejected a 1999 proposal to become a republic. In 1967, a referendum to count Indigenous people as part of the Australian population was a resounding success with bipartisan ...
Australia has set the date for its first referendum in 24 years as polls suggest the government is on course for failure unless it can reverse declining support.. On October 14, more than 17 ...
The Voice referendum was Australia’s first in a generation. Australians rejected an Australian republic at their last referendum in 1999. No referendum has succeeded since 1977.
On 21 May 2022, the Australian Labor Party won government, with party leader Anthony Albanese becoming Prime Minister.During his victory speech, Albanese committed to holding a referendum to enshrine an Indigenous Voice to Parliament in his government's first term of office, acting on the 2017 request of Indigenous leaders for such a body made with the Uluru Statement from the Heart.