Australian referendum, 1988 (Parliamentary Terms)
- Australian referendum, 1988 (Parliamentary Terms)
"Constitution Alteration (Parliamentary Terms) 1988" proposed to alter the constitution such that Senate terms be reduced from six to four years, and House of Representative terms be increased from three years to four years. It also proposed for the fourth time that Senate and House elections occur simultaneously.The proposal was put to a referendum in the Australian referendum, 1988.
Results
"A Proposed Law: To alter the Constitution to provide for 4 year maximum terms for members of both Houses of the Commonwealth Parliament."
"Do you approve this proposed alteration?"
Discussion
This proposal was arguably the biggest proposed change in actual political process that has been raisedin a referendum, with the possible exception of the
Republic Referendum of 1999 which proposed a rather minimal actual change. The clear 'No' vote on this issue clearly demonstrated that the voters were unconvinced by any major change in the political process.
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