1946 Australian referendum (Marketing)

1946 Australian Marketing of Primary Products referendum
	28 September 1946
Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled —; "Constitution Alteration (Organised Marketing of Primary Products) 1946" ?
Voting system	A simple majority of voters nationwide.; A majority in 4 out of the 6 states.;
Outcome	Proposal rejected due to gaining a majority in only 3 of the 6 states.
Yes:New South Wales; Victoria; Western Australia	No:Queensland; South Australia; Tasmania

The Constitution Alteration (Organised Marketing of Primary Products) Bill 1946, was an unsuccessful proposal to alter the Australian Constitution to give the Commonwealth explicit power to make laws for the organised marketing of primary products and to exempt it from the freedom of interstate trade requirement of section 92 of the constitution. It was put to voters for approval in a referendum held on 28 September 1946.

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