The Constitution Alteration (Post-War Reconstruction and Democratic Rights) Bill 1944[1] was an unsuccessful proposal to alter the Australian Constitution to give the Commonwealth an additional 14 powers for a period of five years, with Prime Minister John Curtin saying that maintaining wartime controls was necessary for Australia to re-adjust to peacetime conditions.

It sought to give the federal government power, over a period of five years, to legislate on a wide variety of matters.

It is notable that the points referring to aviation, employment, marketing, trusts, corporations, combines and monopolies had previously been the subject of referendums advanced by both Labor and conservative parties that had not been carried.

The 14 proposals covered the participation of the federal government in postwar reconstruction, including control over employment, profiteering and prices, and related subjects.

Prime Minister John Curtin gave his broadcast to the nation on 25 July 1944.