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The 1948 Australian Referendum was held on 29 May 1948. It contained one referendum question.
A referendum is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is invited to vote on a particular proposal. This may result in the adoption of a new law. In some countries, it is synonymous with a plebiscite or a vote on a ballot question.
The Constitution Alteration (Rents and Prices) 1947 was an Australian referendum held in the 1948 referendum which sought to alter the Australian Constitution to increase the power of the Commonwealth to make laws with respect to rents and prices.
Referendums in Australia are polls held in Australia to approve parliament-proposed changes to the Constitution of Australia or to the constitutions of states and territories. Polls conducted on non-constitutional issues are usually referred to as plebiscites.
Renting, also known as hiring or letting, is an agreement where a payment is made for the temporary use of a good, service or property owned by another. A gross lease is when the tenant pays a flat rental amount and the landlord pays for all property charges regularly incurred by the ownership.
In ordinary usage, a price is the quantity of payment or compensation given by one party to another in return for one unit of goods or services.
Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'Constitution Alteration (Rents and Prices) 1947'?
| State | On rolls | Ballots issued | For | Against | Informal | ||
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| % | % | ||||||
| New South Wales | 1,880,779 | 1,762,091 | 723,183 | %41.66 | 1,012,639 | %58.34 | 26,269 |
| Victoria | 1,351,853 | 1,270,037 | 559,361 | %44.63 | 693,937 | %55.37 | 16,739 |
| Queensland | 669,555 | 617,678 | 187,955 | %30.80 | 422,236 | %69.20 | 7,487 |
| South Australia | 422,809 | 402,778 | 167,171 | %42.15 | 229,438 | %57.85 | 6,169 |
| Western Australia | 301,223 | 278,282 | 105,605 | %38.59 | 168,088 | %61.41 | 4,589 |
| Tasmania | 157,668 | 145,135 | 50,437 | %35.45 | 91,845 | %64.55 | 2,853 |
| Armed Forces* | 11,905 | 6,557 | 5,213 | 135 | |||
| Total for Commonwealth | 4,783,887 | 4,476,001 | 1,793,712 | %40.66 | 2,618,183 | %59.34 | 64,106 |
| Obtained majority in no State and an overall minority of 824,471 votes. | |||||||
| Not carried | |||||||
* Armed forces totals are also included in their respective states.
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