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Page 175
... Legislative Council , intimating that when the proper time came they would provide for the complete abolition of the chamber . The conservatives replied that such a move would not only inflict on Queensland ' the tyranny of the majority ...
... Legislative Council , intimating that when the proper time came they would provide for the complete abolition of the chamber . The conservatives replied that such a move would not only inflict on Queensland ' the tyranny of the majority ...
Page 237
... Legislative Council should emasculate Lang's legislation . Lang , the demagogue , would stir up public opinion : the Legislative Council might be abolished , as in Queensland . That was one of the planks in Labor's plat- 25 Freeman's ...
... Legislative Council should emasculate Lang's legislation . Lang , the demagogue , would stir up public opinion : the Legislative Council might be abolished , as in Queensland . That was one of the planks in Labor's plat- 25 Freeman's ...
Page 383
... Legislative Council on 29 June the conservatives turned down his tax- ation proposals . Lang asked the Governor to nominate enough new mem bers to give the Lang Government a majority in the Council . The Governor , Sir Philip Game ...
... Legislative Council on 29 June the conservatives turned down his tax- ation proposals . Lang asked the Governor to nominate enough new mem bers to give the Lang Government a majority in the Council . The Governor , Sir Philip Game ...
Contents
VICTORY OF THE COMFORTABLE CLASSES | 47 |
A DIVIDED AUSTRALIA | 80 |
John Joseph Ambrose Curtin and Robert Gordon Menzies frontispiece | 116 |
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