COUNTRY PARTY ALOOF
ATTITUDE TO GOVERNMENT
FEDERAL POLITICS
United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. . (Received 9th January, 10 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. Canberra advices report that the Country Party continues to maintain its attitude of aloofness, and may claim recognition as the official Opposition and occupy the Opposition benches. It will challenge the Government on tariff matters, and is patiently awaiting a. statement of policy. The Country Party has ,16 members compared with 14 Federal Labour members. It therefore claims to be the largest party outside the Government. In the event of the Beasleyites linking with the Scullin party, which is regarded as unlikely, then Labour will automatically become the official Opposition by virtue of numbers.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 7, 9 January 1932, Page 11
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115COUNTRY PARTY ALOOF Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 7, 9 January 1932, Page 11
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