AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 222, 7 June 1915, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

LABOUR CONFERENCE. A BOLD PLATFORM. ADELAIDE, This Day. The Labour Conference resolved to create a Federal Political Labour Executive, Consisting of 'two delegaljeiE) from each State, to exercise administrative authority in carrying out decisions of the Interstate Confernce. Upon the committee’s recommendation the Conference decided upon a nationalisation of monopolies platform, which included sugar; adopted a fighting platform to secure effective federation; resolved in favour of new protection; nationalisation of monopolies; Arbitratin Act Amendment; navigation ’a.ws amendment, re freight and passenger steamers; restriction of public borrowing; electoral reform; national insurance; initiative and referendum: abolition of legislative councils. The Conference further adopted the committee’s proposal to establish a tribunal for the prevention of war and Cor tho settlement of international disputes.