FEDERAL POLITICS.
_____-__». "~ DOUBLE DISSOLUTION RIDICULED.
(By Cable.—Press- Association.—Copyright.) MELBOURNE. March 17.
Mr Andrew Fisher, Leader of the Opposition, in opening his pre-sessional campaign, appealed to the Government to go to the country, but said ho considered that there could be nothing more ridiculous than a double dissolution. If the Senate was dissolved it would become a shuttlecock for the political parties and keep the democracy in a state of constant turmoil. This would suit the Government, who would welcome any excuse for doing nothing.
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Press, Volume L, Issue 14919, 18 March 1914, Page 9
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