FEDERAL LABOUR PARTY’S PLATFORM.
The Federal Labour party has issued an election manifesto. After condemnation of the fusion of parties, aud a review of the Labour legislation record, it announces the following ten planks as forming its fighting platform :
Maintenance of a White Australia. New Protection. Nationalisation of monopolies. Graduated tax on unimproved land values. Citizens’ defence force. Commonwealth Bank. Rest r ict ; on of public borrowing. Navigation laws. Arbitration Act Amendment. Insurance, including insurance against unemployment. The manifesto concludes: — ‘ ‘ The progressive legislation of recent years has been due to the influence ot the Labour party. We now ask the electors to give us a majority to break down land monopoly, to develop Australia, to give effect to our platform, and to administer our laws.”
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 811, 8 March 1910, Page 3
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125FEDERAL LABOUR PARTY’S PLATFORM. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 811, 8 March 1910, Page 3
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