It proposed to alter the Australian constitution so that both the House of Representatives and the Senate would be elected for a term of four years.

It also proposed for the fourth time that Senate and House elections occur simultaneously.

A Proposed Law: To alter the Constitution to provide for 4 year maximum terms for members of both Houses of the Commonwealth Parliament.

The proposal was to alter sections of the Constitution to read as follows:[2] 7.

[3][4] This was the fourth unsuccessful referendum that sought to require simultaneous elections of the House of Representatives and the Senate.