Australian referendum, 1973 (Incomes)

Constitution Alteration (Incomes) 1973 sought to give the government legislative power over incomes. The question was put to a referendum in the Australian referendum, 1973.

Results

Do you approve the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled "An Act to alter the Constitution so as to enable the Australian Parliament to make laws with respect to incomes"?

Result

State	On rolls	Ballots issued	For		Against		Informal
				%		%
New South Wales	2,827,989	2,618,673	1,041,429	%40.31	1,542,217	%59.69	35,027
Victoria	2,129,494	2,001,924	657,756	%33.44	1,309,302	%66.56	34,866
Queensland	1,128,417	1,055,299	331,163	%31.70	713,562	%68.30	10,574
South Australia	737,573	700,333	193,301	%28.25	490,943	%71.75	16,089
Western Australia	588,789	542,122	133,531	%25.21	396,199	%74.79	12,392
Tasmania	241,207	229,016	63,135	%28.31	159,862	%71.69	6,019
Total for Commonwealth	7,653,469	7,147,367	2,420,315	%34.42	4,612,085	%65.58	114,967
Obtained majority in no State and an overall minority of 2 191 770 votes.
Not carried

Discussion

See Also

See also: Australian referendum, 1973 (Incomes), Australia, Australian plebiscite, 1916, Australian plebiscite, 1917, Australian referendum, 1906, Australian referendum, 1910, Australian referendum, 1911, Australian referendum, 1913