LABOUR PLATFORM.
'■ « . NEW SOUTH WALES PLANKS.. By Telccraph—tress AsMclation-CoiijTifEht. .Sydney,.February 16. . The Labour ~Cpn?erencß., adopted, .the, following, plaiks ~as. the. fighting ~platform':— ■ 1 : Abolition/ of the Legislative Council and the substitution therefor of the initiative and referendum. Electoral reform. . Proper machinery for the true repre- .. V. ; sentation of the people in Parliament. .' Eefculation of the hours of labour! ' * The cessation" of further sales of Crowfi . ■ lands. ' '• • ' ■ . ;' ■ > . A "proper system of closer settlement.; Water conservation. Irrigation. " ' V" : : Restriction of public'borrowing. Establishment of land bank. A graduated land tax: i> : : Free education—secondary, technical, and university. Nationalisation of coal-mines,
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1054, 17 February 1911, Page 5
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