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An anti-conscription stop work meeting called by five trade unions held on the Yarra Bank mid-week on 4 October attracted 15,000 people. [17] It was passed on 21 September 1916, [ 13 ] and mandatory registration and enrolment commenced while the first referendum campaign was underway.
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.
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. Because it was not an amendment to the constitution, (1) it had no legal force, (2) it did not ...
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 ...
Labor Prime Minister of Australia Billy Hughes had, by 1916, become an enthusiastic supporter of conscription as a means to boost Australia's contribution to the war effort. 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 ...
In Australia, alleged draft dodging by politicians has also been an issue. Robert Hill, Minister for Defence 2001–06, received a student deferral in 1966; he then went to London. Returning to Australia in 1970, he was rejected on unspecified "health grounds." [105]
Speakers at the event were D. J. McGuire and Austin Elliott who spoke about conscription for World War I. [2] In 1917, ahead of the 1917 Australian conscription referendum, the campaign published a leaflet calling upon mothers to vote against conscription. [3] The campaign's pamphlet Wholesale Slaughter read "Maintain ‘White Australia ...
It was created to allow for the naval and military defence of Australia. The Act was amended and expanded over time, to legislate for in 1911 and then repeal conscription in 1929, bring it back in 1939 , and finally abolish it in 1972 ; [ 2 ] to incorporate the Naval Defence Act 1910 and the Air Force Act 1923, and today governs how the ...