AUSTRALIAN WORKERS
REHABILITATION PROBLEM (Rec. 10 p.m.) CANBERRA, Feb. 11. According to Government estimates half of Australia’s working population of nearly 2,000,000 will have to change their jobs when the war is over. An appeal for Commonwealth authority to control employment was made by the Attorney-general, Dr H. V. Evatt, in his second reading speech on the Constitutional Alteration Bill. The Bill authorises the holding of a referendum to secure increased postwar powers for the Commonwealth. The Federal Government is seeking just those powers already agreed to by the Premiers of the six States, but sanctioned only by the New South Wales and Queensland Parliaments.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19440212.2.58
Bibliographic details
Otago Daily Times, Issue 25458, 12 February 1944, Page 5
Word Count
105AUSTRALIAN WORKERS Otago Daily Times, Issue 25458, 12 February 1944, Page 5
Using This Item
Allied Press Ltd is the copyright owner for the Otago Daily Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Allied Press Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.