Nick Champion (Wakefield, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

Well, I have been reading a bit about Jack Curtin and his time as Prime Minister. Interestingly enough, they finished those debates then with a referendum. It was unbelievable. I have got some very conservative people in my electorate, very conservative farmers, and it tried even their patience for the conservative cause. They did not want Jay Weatherill setting the income tax rate. I think the thought quite horrified them. I would not include myself in that club of course, but anyway.

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