Australian referendum, 1973 (Prices)

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Constitution Alteration (Prices) 1973 sought to give the government legislative power over prices. The question was put to a referendum in the Australian referendum, 1973.

[edit] Results

Do you approve the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled "An Act to alter the Constitution so as to enable the Australian Parliament to control prices"?

Result
State	On rolls	Ballots issued	For		Against		Informal
State	On rolls	Ballots issued		%		%	Informal
New South Wales	2,827,989	2,618,673	1,257,499	%48.55	1,332,485	%51.45	28,689
Victoria	2,129,494	2,001,924	891,144	%45.18	1,081,120	%54.82	29,660
Queensland	1,128,417	1,055,299	402,506	%38.47	643,770	%61.53	9,023
South Australia	737,573	700,333	282,754	%41.16	404,181	%58.84	13,398
Western Australia	588,789	542,122	169,605	%31.90	362,121	%68.10	10,396
Tasmania	241,207	229,016	85,631	%38.22	138,416	%61.78	4,969
Total for Commonwealth	7,653,469	7,147,367	3,089,139	%43.81	3,962,093	%56.19	96,135
Obtained majority in no State and an overall minority of 872,954 votes.
Not carried