"The Law and History of State and Territory Referendums"

(2022) 44 Sydney Law Review 31

Kildea, Paul

Sydney Law Review

Australia

Legislation Cited

Legislation Name	Provision
Electoral Act 1992 (ACT)	s297A
Proportional Representation (Hare-Clark) Entrenchment Act 1994 (ACT)	s5
Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1994 (ACT)	s8, s17
Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988 (Cth)	s26
Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 (Cth)	s394
Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984 (Cth)	s11
Northern Territory (Self-Government) Regulations 1978 (Cth)
Australia Act 1986 (Cth)	s6
World Heritage Properties Conservation Act 1983 (Cth)
Local Government Amendment (Amalgamation Referendums) Bill 2017 (NSW)
Liquor (Referendum) Act 1969 (NSW)
New State Referendum Act 1966 (NSW)
Reduction of Members Referendum Act 1903 (NSW)
Referendums Act 1998 (NT)	s4, s5, s10
Nuclear Facilities Prohibition Act 2007 (Qld)	s21
Referendums Act 1997 (Qld)	s5, s14
Nuclear Waste Storage Facility (Prohibition) (Referendum) Amendment Bill 2002 (SA)
Referendum (Retail Trading) Bill 2021 (SA)
Electoral Act 1985 (SA)	s113
Hydro-Electric Corporation Act 1995 (Tas)	s7
Referendum Procedures Act 2004 (Tas)	s12, s13
Hydro-Electric Corporation and Electricity Companies Acts (Public Ownership) Amendment Act 2001 (Tas)
Wrest Point Casino Licence and Development Act 1968 (Tas)
Nuclear Activities (Prohibitions) Amendment (Plebiscite) Bill 2007 (Vic)
Electoral Act 2002 (Vic)	s177C, s177H
Licensing Act 1928 (Vic)
Nuclear Facilities Prohibition Bill 2007 (WA)
Daylight Saving Act 2006 (WA)	s2
Referendums Act 1983 (WA)	s9, s18, s46, s48
Licensing Act 1911 (WA)
Secession Referendum Act 1932 (WA)

Cases and Articles Cited

Case Name	Citation(s)	Court	Jurisdiction	Date †	Full Text	Citation Index
Same-Sex Marriage Survey: Evaluating a Unique Popular Vote Process ’	(2021) 46 Monash University Law Review 85	Monash University Law Review	Australia	circa 2021		1
"Citizen-Initiated Referenda in Australia: Lessons from Norfolk Island"	(2019) 21 Loyola Journal of Public Interest Law 135	Loyola Journal of Public Interest Law	United States	circa 2019	HeinOnline / LexisNexis	1
(2018) 15 (4) History Australia 744	(2018) 15 (4) History Australia 744	History Australia	Australia	circa 2018		1
"The Constitutional and Regulatory Dimensions of Plebiscites in Australia"	(2016) 27 Public Law Review 290	Public Law Review	Australia	circa 2016	Legal Online	6
"s Existing States"	(2015) 37 Sydney Law Review 357	Sydney Law Review	Australia	circa 2015	AustLII	2
"Symmetric Entrenchment of Manner and Form Requirements"	(2012) 23 Public Law Review 216	Public Law Review	Australia	circa 2012	Legal Online	2
Attorney-General (WA) v Marquet	[2003] HCA 67; (2003) 217 CLR 545; (2003) 202 ALR 233; (2003) 78 ALJR 105	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	13 Nov 2003	AustLII	154
"Entrenching Constitutional Reform in Victoria"	(2003) 14 Public Law Review 133	Public Law Review	Australia	circa 2003	Legal Online	4
"The conduct of referenda and plebiscites in Australia: a legal perspective"	(2000) 11 Public Law Review 117	Public Law Review	Australia	circa 2000	Legal Online	11
"The Northern Territory Statehood Referendum 1998"	(1999) 10 Public Law Review 3	Public Law Review	Australia	circa 1999	Legal Online	3
"The Northern Territory Statehood Referendum 1998"	(1998) 9 Public Law Review 155	Public Law Review	Australia	circa 1998	Legal Online	4
"Dispute over the Franklin River and South West Wilderness Area in Tasmania, Australia"	(1989) 29 Natural Resources Journal 129	Natural Resources Journal	United States	circa 1989	HeinOnline / LexisNexis	2
Evans v Crichton-Browne	[1981] HCA 14; (1981) 147 CLR 169; 33 ALR 609; 55 ALJR 287	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	18 Mar 1981	AustLII	63
Attorney-General for New South Wales v Trethowan	[1932] UKPC 1; [1932] AC 526	Privy Council	United Kingdom	circa 1932	BAILII	41
Attorney-General (NSW) v Trethowan	[1931] HCA 3; (1931) 44 CLR 394; 37 ALR 101	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	circa 1931	AustLII	84
Taylor v Attorney-General of Queensland	[1917] HCA 45; (1917) 23 CLR 457	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	6 Sep 1917	AustLII	29
Bignold v Dickson	23 NSWLR 683		Australia - New South Wales	circa 1989	LexisNexis AU	4

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