FEDERAL GOVERNMENT LOSES AMENDMENT
ELEVEN SUPPORTERS VOTE WITH LABOUR CANBERRA, June 17. The Government was defeated by 37 votes to -25 in the House of Representatives when 11 Government supporters crossed the floor to vote for a Labour amendment excluding life insurance offices from the right to become approved societies under the national health insurance scheme. Although the clause was considered to be important, the carrying of the amendment will not affect the passage of the Bill through the House.
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Southland Times, Issue 23538, 18 June 1938, Page 7
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