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Page 93
... Senate , the Governor - General may , on the advice of his Prime Minister , dissolve both Houses and hold a new election to resolve the deadlock . The Liberals therefore devised a bill which they thought the Labor majority in the Senate ...
... Senate , the Governor - General may , on the advice of his Prime Minister , dissolve both Houses and hold a new election to resolve the deadlock . The Liberals therefore devised a bill which they thought the Labor majority in the Senate ...
Page 278
... Senate in Australia and a majority in every State except Queensland , where there was a swing against the Government and the Labor vote was only 42.62 per cent . Thus the Senate chamber from 1946 to 1949 contained 33 Government and only ...
... Senate in Australia and a majority in every State except Queensland , where there was a swing against the Government and the Labor vote was only 42.62 per cent . Thus the Senate chamber from 1946 to 1949 contained 33 Government and only ...
Page 415
... Senate majority , not formally to refuse supply , but simply to ' defer ' consideration of the supply bills before them . This manoeuvre , of course , had the same effect and the Government began to run out of money . Seventy - five ...
... Senate majority , not formally to refuse supply , but simply to ' defer ' consideration of the supply bills before them . This manoeuvre , of course , had the same effect and the Government began to run out of money . Seventy - five ...
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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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