Complete Socialization

Hokitika Guardian, 13 January 1922, Page 3

Complete Socialization

AUSTRALIAN LABOUR PARTY’S OBJECTIVE. SYDNEY, Jan. 4. The newly revised platform and constitution of the Australian Labour Party leaves no room for doubt as to what the extremists of the party have in view. The revision has been made in conformity witli the decisions of the recent iiiter-Stnte conference of the parly, when the moderates were consistently over-ruled hv the predominating extremists. The objective of the party now is as follows: — “The socialisation of industry, production, distribution, and exchange. To bring this about the following methods are proposed ; (a) The constitutional utilisation of industrial and Parliamentary machinery, (b) the organisation of workers along the lines of industry. (c) Nationalisation of banking aild all principal industries, (d) The iinuiicipnlisniion of such services as can best he operated in limited areas, (e) Government of nationalised industries h£ hoards, upon which the workers in the industries and the community shall have representation, if) The cs-

'.ablishment of an elective supreme economic council by all nationalised industries. fg) The sitting up of Labour research and Labour information bureaus, and ol Labour educational in* stii.nlinns, in which the workers shall be trained in the management of the nationalised industries;

Among other proposals, the fighting platform” of the party includes the cultivation of an Australian sentiment, the maintenance of a White Australia, and the development in Australia ol an enlightened and self-reliant community. Complete Australian . selfgovernment as a British community is favoured, Imperial Federation,, however, being objected to. Unlimited legislative powers for the Commonwealth Parliament is proposed, with such delegated powers to the States or provinces as the Cumomnwonlth Parliament may determine from time to lime. All incomes from personal exertion up to £2OO are to be exempt from income tax, with a further deduction from the taxable income of £IM for a taxpayer’s wife, and £BO for each child and others wholly dependent on the taxpayer. As a final sweeping touch, the platform proposes the abolition of the State Legislative Councils, the State Governors, and the Senate.