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... voters suspected that the Government planned , if the referenda were carried , to restore the 48 - hour working week throughout the Commonwealth , since a 44 - hour week was being introduced by legislation in some Labor - governed ...
... voters suspected that the Government planned , if the referenda were carried , to restore the 48 - hour working week throughout the Commonwealth , since a 44 - hour week was being introduced by legislation in some Labor - governed ...
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... voters . He therefore argued that an early election was necessary to produce a Government with greater authority in foreign affairs than that possessed by the existing administration with its hair's breadth majority of one . Australian ...
... voters . He therefore argued that an early election was necessary to produce a Government with greater authority in foreign affairs than that possessed by the existing administration with its hair's breadth majority of one . Australian ...
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... Voters Date Held Powers Sought States % of Result Total 12.12.06 Alteration of beginning of All 82.65 Yes senators ' terms of office from January to July 13.4.10 To make per caput Qld . , W.A. , 49.04 No payments to the States Tas . To ...
... Voters Date Held Powers Sought States % of Result Total 12.12.06 Alteration of beginning of All 82.65 Yes senators ' terms of office from January to July 13.4.10 To make per caput Qld . , W.A. , 49.04 No payments to the States Tas . To ...
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A NATION FOR A CONTINENT c 19001903 | 12 |
THREE ELEVENS IN THE FIELD c 19041908 | 55 |
LABOR IN POWER c 19091913 | 68 |
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