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changes in australia during the 1920's and 1930's

My assignment is based on the personality type of person A, the left wing trade unionist who believes that the war had benefited the rich by building up the worth of their assets while the poor went off to fight the war and came back to a poor, jobless country.

The political event I have chosen to speak about is the election of the good willed Jack Lang. Mr. John Thomas Lang, the Big Fella, throughout his career as premier of New South Wales, helped out the working class. He reduced interest, creating public work programmes and stopping the Australian payment of our debts, it gave us a chance in those hard times.
Niemeyer called it Communism. Well then let Communism be if it does a better job of feeding the missus and our kids. Niemeyer wanted to cut down on the existing social services, just when they were needed most. He also wanted to “depress” wages in order to make our exports more competitive and that it would raise profits. The addition of the New Guard, a group whose ma...

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