LABOUR OPPOSITION.
NO NATIONAL GOVERNMENT.
THE AUSTRALIAN PROPOSAL. 'United Press Association—Copyright * CANBERRA, July 30. According to the representative of the Sydney “Sun,” the Federal Opposition leader (Mr J. Curtin) slammed the door against the Prime Minister’s offer to form a National Government with five or six scats for the Labour Party. Mr Curtin said: “The complete lack of cohesion in the present Federal Ministry makes talk of a National Government sheer absurdity. “The Prime Minister’s offer obviously has been made for the purpose of avoiding an election. “The Labour Party fully recognises Mr Menzies’ responsibilities, and we are prepared to give him the maximum constructive support; but he had round him colleagues and associates whose attitude is more destructive of national unity than anything the Opposition has said, could say, or would say.”
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 251, 31 July 1940, Page 4
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