SWEEPING CHANCES IN POST-WAR LIVING

Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 233, 2 October 1942, Page 4

SWEEPING CHANCES IN POST-WAR LIVING

AUSTRALIAN PLANS Economic Security And Social Justice l mini rrp- ,\..... , |~| i,. 11 —C,||)\ rißht ,(f ' r - :ln P"i S\ I)\ KV. this day. An . 11:11 ■ n 111 m<-n t nl' 11 if constitution «iv.. Hie \ll -1 r;i I Mil l-f. I<i;i I Cuvt• i n11!»■"f wide pnwcis for post-war i <■( 1 1" ,i in, 11, m j s j>lll \ icI«•(I for in a ''ill int ri >< 111 <<■< ] hy the Attornevf Jonr-iMI. I>r I■:v .itt. in the House of Roprc-.,iii,it ivr. If ili.- Will is carried will I"' -uhinitleil in a referendum. It i> e\ pec! ei I that the hill will probably he referrcil to all all-party connniltee in order that unanimity MI.IN I"' ac|iie\cd on the new powers to he Liivrn to the ('oinmonweallh. The lull mm-ks full power for (lit 1 Federal Parliament to make laws for 'he put po-e of "earn mg into effect Ihe ;11 aim- and objects of Australia a - ime of the 1' n I ted Nations, ill > -11111111 lt the allaumient of coin"line sccuritv and social justice in Ihe po-i war world, and for tile purpose of po.-t-war reconstruction generally." Kconoiiitc security and social justice are delincd in the bill as including security of employment and provision of useful occupation for all people. If these wider powers arc granted the Commonwealth, an increase in the number of members of the Federal Parliament will be necessary. Dr. Kvatt said that after the war

Dr. Evalt

Australia would be faced with the greatest task of economic rehabilitation in her history. Enterprise and statescraft of the highest order would be called for. The Commonwealth Government could not rely on its present wide defence powers after the war, and, unless the people gave it new powers, the whole social and economic life of Australia would be jeopardised. "Nobody will dispute the need to increase the power of the central Government to plan Australia's development rationally, instead of leaving it to the mercy of conflicting and often backward or greedy States and sectional interest,' says the Daily Telegraph, but the paper adds a warning that the people must be assured "that all changes are made along the line of tradition and democracy."