Australian referendum, 1967 (Parliament)
- Australian referendum, 1967 (Parliament)
Held within the Australian referendum, 1967 was a question about the so-called Nexus. Section 24 of the Australian Constitution required that the number of members in the lower house be as near as possible to twice the numbers of members in the upper house (Senate).
This ratio is quite common in other parliaments, but there are significant exceptions. The most important effect of the nexus is to prevent swamping of the senate's power in the case of a joint sitting.
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"Do you approve the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'An Act to alter the Constitution so that the number of members of the House of Representatives may be increased without necessarily increasing the number of Senators'?"
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