OPINION: Peter Dutton is not being picky to ask for more details when Labor’s record at getting referenda over the line is so abysmal.
There is more truth to Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s claim last week that the Prime Minister is setting up the Voice to parliament referendum to fail than many care to acknowledge.
Despite the Australian Labor Party having been in existence for more than 120 years, and having governed nationally for about a third of that time, it has only ever secured one successful referendum outcome. The “Yes” vote nationally was 55.4 per cent, still significantly lower than the support shown for the seven other successful referendums.Ben Chifley’Labor failed again in 1948, when the Chifley government attempted to amend the Constitution to gain control over rents and prices.
Then there was Labor’s referendum that wasn’t. Its dismal record on Constitutional reform is capped by the aborted 2013 referendum on local government recognition.
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