Australian referendum, 1974 (Local Government Bodies)

The Constitution Alteration (Local Government Bodies) 1974 was an Australian referendum held in the 1974 referendums which sought to amend the Australian constitution to allow the Commonwealth to grant financial assistance to local government body, and to borrow money on their behalf.

Question

Proposed law entitled "An Act to alter the Constitution to enable the Commonwealth to borrow money for, and to grant financial assistance to, local government bodies".

Do you approve the proposed law?

Results

Result

State	On rolls	Ballots issued	For		Against		Invalid
				%		%
New South Wales	2,834,558	2,702,903	1,350,274	50.79%	1,308,039	49.21%	44,590
Victoria	2,161,474	2,070,893	961,664	47.38%	1,068,120	52.62%	41,109
Queensland	1,154,762	1,098,401	473,465	43.68%	610,537	56.32%	14,399
South Australia	750,308	722,434	298,489	42.52%	403,479	57.48%	20,466
Western Australia	612,016	577,989	229,337	40.67%	334,529	59.33%	14,123
Tasmania	246,596	237,891	93,495	40.03%	140,073	59.97%	4,323
Australian Total	7,759,714	7,410,511	3,406,724	46.85%	3,864,777	53.15%	139,010
Obtained majority in one State and an overall minority of 458,053 votes.
Not carried

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