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The New Southern Cross by Claude Marquet. The 1916 Australian referendum, concerning how conscripted soldiers could be deployed, was held on 28 October 1916. It was the first non-binding Australian referendum (often referred to as a plebiscite because it did not involve a constitutional question), and contained one proposition, which was Prime Minister Billy Hughes' proposal to allow ...
Hughes, however, knew that he did not need to create a new law but could just amend the old one to include conscription via a democratic referendum. As a result, on 28 October 1916, an advisory referendum was held to decide whether the community of Australia supported conscription. The vote was rejected, and Hughes was sacked from the Labor Party.
On 30 August 1916, he announced plans for a referendum on the issue (the 1916 Australian conscription referendum), and introduced enabling legislation into parliament on 15 September, which passed only with the support of the opposition. Six of Hughes's ministers resigned in protest at the move, and the New South Wales state branch of the Labor ...
Under Labor Prime Minister Billy Hughes, full conscription for overseas service was attempted during the First World War in two referendums. The first referendum was held on 28 October 1916 and narrowly rejected conscription with a margin of 49% for and 51% against. [4] The referendum of 28 October 1916 asked Australians:
In the past, however the terms were used interchangeably, [6] [7] [8] with the non-constitutional 1916 Australian conscription referendum and the 2009 Western Australian daylight saving referendum being examples. Voting in a referendum is compulsory for those on the electoral roll, in the same way that it is compulsory to vote in a general ...
28 February – Frank Crean, 5th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia (d. 2008) 14 April – Don Willesee, Western Australian politician (d. 2003) 11 July – Gough Whitlam, 21st Prime Minister of Australia (d. 2014) 29 July – Sir Rupert Hamer, 39th Premier of Victoria (d. 2004) 27 August – Sir James Ramsay, 20th Governor of Queensland (d. 1986)
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