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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.
1997 Albanian monarchy referendum: 29 June 1997 republic retained 66.7 33.3 71.64 Legitimacy of the results have been called into question by the House of Zogu. [1] [2] Australia: 1999 Australian republic referendum: 6 November 1999 monarchy retained 45.13 54.87 95.1 [3] Brazil: 1993 Brazilian constitutional referendum: 21 April 1993 republic ...
Consequently, the change to a republic is argued to have minimal impact on the rest of Australia's parliament and government. Although the 1999 referendum was limited to the federal jurisdiction, the model is able to be adopted with little modification by each of the six Australian states to formally break ties with the monarchy.
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.
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 ...
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 ...
Australia's decision to deny constitutional recognition to its First Peoples could herald a more divisive "Trump-style" politics at the next national election, while pushing the prime minister to ...
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