AUSTRALIAN LABOUR
EFFORT TO ABOLISH MR LANG'S POWERS
FAILURE AFTER HEATED DISCUSSION
(Received February 17, 12.43 a.m.) SYDNEY, February 16. In an acrimonious discussion today at the Metropolitan Conference of the State Labour Park, an unsuccessful attempt was made to deprive Mr J. T. Lang> who is leader of the parliamentary Opposition, of his powers of dictatorship over the caucus. These it was claimed, had recoiled against Labour at the General Elections, had led to internal faction fights, and had barred the way to complete unity with the Federal Labour party. A motion was defeated, intended to restore to the central executive the power to deal with urgent matters of policy between Labour conferences and to the parliamentary Labour caucus the right of selecting its own Cabinet.
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Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21709, 17 February 1936, Page 11
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