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Page 153
... Bruce as a " balance sheet fakir " , and Bruce described Page as a " paralysed mentality " . Bruce would never associate with Page NEVER . He would never desert Hughes - NEVER . A fortnight later Bruce and Page became partners and ...
... Bruce as a " balance sheet fakir " , and Bruce described Page as a " paralysed mentality " . Bruce would never associate with Page NEVER . He would never desert Hughes - NEVER . A fortnight later Bruce and Page became partners and ...
Page 166
... Bruce - Page Administrations had seemed increasingly obsessed with the need to cut costs , i.e. wages , thus actually seeking to reverse the long progress towards a better life for all . The third Bruce - Page Administration , faced ...
... Bruce - Page Administrations had seemed increasingly obsessed with the need to cut costs , i.e. wages , thus actually seeking to reverse the long progress towards a better life for all . The third Bruce - Page Administration , faced ...
Page 171
... Bruce had been increasingly obsessed with the need to cut costs and boost exports and his governments had enacted law after law aimed at ending industrial strife and achieving these ends . Yet there were more strikes and lockouts than ...
... Bruce had been increasingly obsessed with the need to cut costs and boost exports and his governments had enacted law after law aimed at ending industrial strife and achieving these ends . Yet there were more strikes and lockouts than ...
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A NATION FOR A CONTINENT c 19001903 | 12 |
Legislation and White Australia | 29 |
New Protection and the Basic Wage | 46 |
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