EXPELLED FROM PARTY
ACTION AGAINST LABOUR MEMBER ABSENT IN CRITICAL DIVISION (Rec. 11.30 a.m.) SYDNEY, Oct. 19. The State executive of the Australian Labour Party has expelled Mr J. J. Graves, M.L.0., from the party. The executive carried the expulsion motion unanimously. Mr Graves was expelled because he did not attend the Coal Bill debate in the Legislative Council on. September 12 and 18, when, without his vote, the Government failed to muster a majority to prevent the Opposition drastically amending the Bill. Mr Graves was in Melbourne on private business during the two debates. He will retain his seat in the Legislative Council, despite his expulsion from the Australian Labour Party.
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Evening Star, Issue 25927, 19 October 1946, Page 7
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112EXPELLED FROM PARTY Evening Star, Issue 25927, 19 October 1946, Page 7
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