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What's a referendum?

Learn what the Constitution is, what a referendum is and the issues Australians have voted on in the past.

This 2-part podcast series created by Squiz Kids in partnership with MoAD Learning will assist students to learn the basics, from the Constitution to voting to achieving a double majority.  

In this episode Steph explains what the Constitution is, why it's so important, and why it needs a referendum to change it. Plus, she gives a short history of Australian referendums to date. 

Listen to episode 1: What’s a referendum?  

Gang Gang's guide to referendums podcast what's a referendum page.

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We bring news and current affairs to your primary school classroom and give you the tools to teach kids to be critical consumers of media. We cover comprehension, inference, connection, summarising, vocabulary building, grammar, punctuation, and more.


Resources

The Australian Constitution - activity sheet

Referendum: the board game - activity sheet

Referendum: the board game - the rules