THE FEDERAL ELECTIONS
THK LABOR PARTY'S MANIFESTO. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. SYDNEY. March 5. (Received March 5, at 11.45 a.m.) The Federal Labor parly have issued an election manifesto. After a condemnation of the Fusion parly and a review of the Labor Legislature record, it announces that the following ten planks will form the fighting platform of tho parly ; —The maintenance of a, White Australia, the new Protection, nationalisation of monopolies, a graduated tax on unimproved land values, a citizens’ defence force, a Commonwealth bank, restriction of public borrowing, navigation laws, Arbitration Act amendment, and insurance, including insurance against unemployment. Tlie manifesto concludes as follows: “The progressive legislation of recent years lis,s been due to the influence of the Labor party. Wo now ask the electors to give us a majority to break down land inono|)oly, to develop Australia, to give effect to our platform, .and to administer onr laws.”
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Evening Star, Issue 14308, 5 March 1910, Page 5
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149THE FEDERAL ELECTIONS Evening Star, Issue 14308, 5 March 1910, Page 5
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