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Page 278
... Chifley's low - key campaign . The A.L.P. was returned to power in both Houses , this being up to 1974 the only occasion on which it won two federal elections in succession . In the Representatives Labor had 43 seats , the Liberals 17 ...
... Chifley's low - key campaign . The A.L.P. was returned to power in both Houses , this being up to 1974 the only occasion on which it won two federal elections in succession . In the Representatives Labor had 43 seats , the Liberals 17 ...
Page 302
... Chifley's initial banking legislation in 1945. As we have seen , the Opposition members at the time , particularly the new Treasurer , Fadden , balefully denounced Chifley's banking measures and promised in their 1949 election ...
... Chifley's initial banking legislation in 1945. As we have seen , the Opposition members at the time , particularly the new Treasurer , Fadden , balefully denounced Chifley's banking measures and promised in their 1949 election ...
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... Chifley was wont to refer among friends , as ' all those mad buggers ' . Chifley and Evatt had a duty to preserve the unity of their party as well as to oppose the Bill they thought wholly obnoxious . They persuaded Caucus to agree ...
... Chifley was wont to refer among friends , as ' all those mad buggers ' . Chifley and Evatt had a duty to preserve the unity of their party as well as to oppose the Bill they thought wholly obnoxious . They persuaded Caucus to agree ...
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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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