13 Апрель 1910
(2) State Debts; (3) Surplus Revenue

Вопрос 1

Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled ‘Constitution Alteration (State Debts) 1909’?

The Constitution gave the Commonwealth Parliament power to take over debts of the States in existence at the establishment of the Commonwealth. Constitution Alteration (State Debts) 1909 sought to give the Commonwealth unrestricted power to take over State debts by deleting words from section 105.

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Obtained majority in five States and an overall majority of 128 782 votes. Carried

Вопрос 2

Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled ‘Constitution Alteration (Finance) 1909’?

Constitution Alteration (Finance) 1909 sought to amend section 87 (the ‘Braddon Clause’) which was due to lapse in 1910, in order to give constitutional effect to a financial agreement reached between the States and the Commonwealth to replace the section.

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Obtained majority in three States and an overall minority of 25 324 votes.
Not carried