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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.
If approved at referendum, the model would have established Australia as a republic with a Head of State appointed by the Australian Federal Parliament. The model was put to the people at the November 1999 republican referendum and was defeated by 54.4% of voters.
1999 Abkhazian constitutional referendum; 1999 Algerian Civil Concord referendum; 1999 Australian republic referendum; C. 1999 Cook Islands parliamentary term ...
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 ...
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 retained 86.6 13.4 84.3 [4] Bulgaria: 1946 Bulgarian republic referendum: 8 September 1946 monarchy abolished 95.6 4.4 91.7 [5] The Gambia: 1965 Gambian republic referendum: 24 ...
Dili residents recalled the harrowing moments during the country's darkest days when Indonesia's military responded to the 1999 referendum results with a scorched-earth campaign before departing. “It was a traumatic experience that haunts me to this day,” said Gabriel Araujo, a food vendor who was 12 years old at the time, “I'm always ...
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 ...
Washington School District voters passed a $40,000 nonrecurring referendum in May 1998 to exceed the revenue limit for operating expenses in the 1998-99 and 1999-2000 school years.