AH Challenge: Communist Australia

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Banned
Australian Electoral Commission said:
Double majority

Any alteration to the Consitution must be approved by a ‘double majority’, that is:
  • a national majority of electors (more than half the voters in Australia must vote YES); and
  • a majority of electors in a majority of the States (ie. at least four of the six) (more than half the voters in more than half the States must vote YES)
The ‘double majority’ provision makes alterations to the Constitution difficult. Since Federation, only 8 out of 44 proposals to amend the Constitution have been approved.

http://www.aec.gov.au/Elections/referendums/Referendums_Overview.htm
 
A never asked question about the subject

Just supposing that there had been a far worse depression in 1929 in which Australia never recovered?
 
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