Relations Strained Between Evatt And Curtin
SYDNEY, December 8. Relations between the Federal Opposition Leader (Mr J. Curtin) .and Dr. H. V. Evatt. of the same party, are, according to the “Sunday Sun,”« becoming strained. // t Dr. Evatt led the section of the f. Labour Party last week which aimed at securing further budget Concessions from the Government. • > Budget Attitudes. Mr Curtin, in the course of a statement yesterday, said the Opposition regretted it could not have a larger measure of its policy .adopted. Nevertheless, it had kept firmly in mind the obligation to make Parlia- • ment workable.
Dr. Evatt, replying, said: “I agree it is the duty of the present Parliament to become a workable institution.
This means that Parliament itself should exert the fullest control over the -Government. It certainly does not mean that the present Government would be allowed to continue in office.”
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Northern Advocate, 9 December 1940, Page 7
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