A referendum is held about changing the Australian Constitution. The proposal does not achieve a double majority. What happens according to the requirement described?

A referendum is held about changing the Australian Constitution. The proposal does not achieve a double majority. What happens according to the requirement described?

• AThe Constitution is not changedCorrect
• BThe Constitution is changed automatically
• CThe change is decided by local governments
• DThe result is ignored and the change proceeds

Because changing the Australian Constitution by referendum requires a double majority, a proposal that does not achieve a double majority would not change the Constitution.