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It was conducted under the War Precautions (Military Service Referendum) Regulations 1917. [8] It formed part of the larger debate on conscription in Australia throughout the war. All of the historical documentation refers to the ballot as a referendum, [8] [9] even though it did not involve a proposal to amend the Australian Constitution ...
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.
After joining with the conservative Opposition to form a nationalist government in February 1917, Hughes resolved to hold a second conscription referendum the following December. [ 2 ] The campaign was just as volatile as the first, and with the Queensland Government under Premier T.J. Ryan strongly anti-conscription, Hughes decided to tour ...
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 ...
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:
1917 Australian conscription referendum This page was last edited on 4 May 2019, at 03:46 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
1917 Australian conscription referendum; U. 1917 Uruguayan constitutional referendum This page was last edited on 20 August 2020, at 03:19 (UTC). Text is available ...
The First Hughes ministry was the 11th ministry of the Government of Australia.It was led by the country's 7th Prime Minister, Billy Hughes.The First Hughes ministry succeeded the Third Fisher ministry, which dissolved on 27 October 1915 following Andrew Fisher's retirement from Parliament to become the next High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.