HUGE DEFENCE BILL
AUSTRALIA'S £60,000,000
PEACE BUDGET DOUBLED
HIGHER TAXES LIKELY
(Reed. Oct. ,26, 2.46 p.m.) , MELBOURNE, Oct. 26.
The Australian Prime Minister, Mr. R. G. Menzies,. said that the Federal Government this,,year would spend more than £65,000,000 on defence. This is nearly £30,000,000 more than the expenditure . contemplated in the greatly extended defence programme that was planned before the war.
The greatly increased expenditure indicates that the taxation increases will not, end with those announced in the Budget presented to Parlinmen; last session.
'New taxation measures are certain to be, introduced in the supplementary BMget that will be presented during the next session.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20079, 27 October 1939, Page 11
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104HUGE DEFENCE BILL Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20079, 27 October 1939, Page 11
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