25 March 1995

ISSUE: Do you approve of the Bill entitled:

A Bill for an Act to prevent Parliament from changing laws about the independence of judges and magistrates without a referendum?

Returns from 99 electoral districts.

APPROVED

ISSUE: Do you approve of the Bill entitled:

A Bill for an Act to require the Parliament of New South Wales to serve full 4-year terms and to prevent politicians calling early general elections or changing these new constitutional rules without a further referendum?

Returns from 99 electoral districts.

APPROVED

25 May 1991

ISSUE: Do you approve of the Bill entitled 'A Bill for an Act:

(a) to reduce the number of politicians in the Legislative Council and to reduce their maximum term of office; and
(b) to apply to the Legislative Council the same method of filling casual vacancies as applies to the Senate?

Returns from 99 electoral districts.

APPROVED

19 September 1981

ISSUE: A Bill for an Act to extend the maximum period between general  elections for the Legislative Assembly from 3 years to 4 years.

Returns from 99 Electoral Districts

APPROVED

ISSUE: A bill for an Act to require Members of Parliament to disclose certain pecuniary interests and other matters.

Returns from 99 electoral districts

APPROVED

17 June 1978

Issue: Do you approve of the Bill entitled 'A Bill for an Act to provide for the election of members of the Legislative Council directly by the people'.
Returns from 99 electoral districts.

APPROVED

1 May 1976

ISSUE: Are you in favour of daylight savings? 

APPROVED

29 November 1969

ISSUE: Do you favour the law being amended to permit hotels to trade generally on Sundays between the hours of 12 Noon and 6.30 p.m.? (Liquor (Referendum) Act 1969).
Returns taken from 94 electoral districts.

Issue decided in the negative.

29 April 1967

ISSUE: Are you in favour of the establishment of a new State in north-east New South Wales described in schedule 1 to the New State Referendum Act, 1966?

The area comprised the electoral districts of Armidale, Barwon, Byron, Cessnock, Clarence, Gloucester, Hamilton, Kahibah, Lake Macquarie, Lismore, Maitland, Newcastle, Oxley, Raleigh, Tamworth, Tenterfield, Upper Hunter, Wallsend, Waratah and the subdivisions of Gunnedah, Merriwa and Spring Ridge in the electoral district of Burrendong and the subdivisions of Barradine and Coonabarabran in the electoral district of Castlereagh.

Referendum restricted to: - 19 Electoral Districts in the prescribed Area; and - 2 Electoral Districts partly in the prescribed Area.

Issue decided in the negative.

29 April 1961

ISSUE: An Act to Abolish the Legislative Council to provide that another Legislative Council shall not be created, constituted or established nor shall any Chamber, Assembly or House, other than the Legislative Assembly, designed to form part of the Legislative Parliament of New south Wales, be created, constituted or established until a bill for the purpose has been approved by the electors in a referendum to amend the Constitution Act, 1902 and certain other Acts; and for purposes connected therewith.

Returns from 94 electoral districts.

Issue decided in the negative.

13 November 1954

ISSUE: Closing hours for premises and Clubs licensed under the Liquor Act, 1912.
Returns from 94 electoral districts.

APPROVED - 10.00 p.m. closing time.

15 February 1947

ISSUE: Closing hours for premises and Clubs licensed under the Liquor Act, 1912.
Returns from 90 electoral districts.

APPROVED - 6.00 p.m. closing time.

13 May 1933

ISSUE: The Constitution Amendment (Legislative Council) Act.
Returns from 90 electoral districts.

APPROVED

1 September 1928

ISSUE: Are you in favour of Prohibition with Compensation? (Liquor (Amendment) Act, 1919).
Returns from 90 electoral districts.

Issue decided in the negative.

10 June 1916

ISSUE: Time at which licensed premises should close (Liquor Referendum Act, No.10, 1916).
Returns from 90 electoral districts.

APPROVED - 6.00 p.m. closing time

16 December 1903

ISSUE: Number of Members in the Legislative Assembly (Reduction of Members Referendum Act, No.13, 1903).

Results taken by Commonwealth Returning Officers in Commonwealth Divisions of which there were 26.

APPROVED - 90 Member Legislative Assembly