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PREMIER'S POLICY POINTS.
Four Principles.
1. To spare no effort to help this
country to help the Empire to
win the War.
2. To prevent any needless disloca
tion of our normal economic life
while this special effort is being
made.
3. To push on with all speed with
the establishment of every pos
sible war industry in this State,
and plan for the future so that
their value will continue when
the war is' ended.
4. To encourage and assist the
general development of the
State's resources and thus to im
prove the living conditions, and
ensure profitable employment for
all.
South Australia is rapidly becom
ing one of the most important muni
tions producing states of the Com
monwealth. In 1937 Defence expen
diture in this State was 8/4d. per
head; it is now £24/6/9 per head.
During the last war the highest
numbef of munition workers in the
whole of Australia was 2737. More
than ten times that number will be
required in South Australia alone.
The possibilities of industrial ex
pansion in the country have been in
vestigated and wherever possible or
ders have been placed.
£1,722,000 is provided annually for
sinking fund purposes.
It will be the policy of the Govern
ment to maintain low interest rates.
Further industrial expansion willj
make possible further reductions in 1
taxation. I
Land tax on property used for the
production of income will be made an|
allowable deduction from taxable in
come. |
The policy of the Government is to
lighten the burden of income tax on'
persons with family obligations. I
The State Bank Act will be amend
ed to increase the- amount of money i
for long-term loans to Primary Pro
ducers at low rates of interest 011 the
Credit Foncier system.
1344 schemes of Debt Adjustment:
have been arranged reducing debts 1
of those Primary Producers from!
£7 million to less than £4 milloin. j
In addition 3919 soldier settlers and
other Crown lessees have had relief;
granted totalling £1,637,000. |
£600,000 has been obtained for:
Drought Relief £200,000 as a Hard-j
ship Grant and £190,000 for Marginal t
Lands. No government did more to
get a scheme of Wheat stabilisation.
Since the advent of Liberal-Country
League Government in 1933 employ-,
ees in factories have increased 87 .
p.c., wages 121 p.c. and output 97 p.c.
The increase in factory employment
inst Tear was 18 n.c. — the hiehest in
any State.
Producers benefit by the expansion I
of secondary industries which gives j
them a larger home market, this is
the best market. |
Unemployment has fallen each
year from the peak in 1931 of 24,909 f
to 3707 today. The number on ra
tions from 75,000 to 7,000 in the same :
period.
It is safe to say that soon there
will be no employment problem in
this State."
1470 miles of roads have been
modernised under the Government's
five-year road programme. If war
conditions permit the government
propose to embark on another long
range road programme.
The Government proposes to seek
the authority of Parliament to pro
ceed with the broadening of the
gauge in the South East.
- 650,000 has been made available to
the Housing Trust. 836 homes have
been occupied and 144 are under
construction. The average rent last
year was 13/. The Trust has exten
ded its activities to country areas.
£100,000 each year for the past
three years has been advanced to the
State Bank for loans for homes in
city and country.
The Housing Trust has been en
trusted with the tremendous work of
re-housing people living in undesir
able and unfit houses
The education services of the State
are trainjng men in technical work
for defence purposes. More than
2.000 have been enrolled and nearly
1,400 have completed their courses.
The Morgan-Why alia pipeline will
cost over £3,000,000 and will supply
towns en route as well as Whyalla.
An organisation is to be set up un
der the Premier's direct supervision
to assist Primary and Secondary de
velopment. One of its functions will
be to encourage decentralisation.
Every request made to the Govern
ment by the Commonwealth for the
services of competent men, trained
operatives or equipment has been ac
ceded to. The Government has
shown its loyalty by co-operating ill
this most practical way.
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Even walls have ears. And if that
sounds a little far fetched to you, re
member that with modern mechan
ical listening devices, conversations
are easily picked up from distance.
So don't gossip about troop move
ments or information. A careless
word may cost lives.
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