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599: 421:, Lyons held a steadfast belief in "the need to balance budgets, lower costs to business and restore confidence" and the Lyons period gave Australia "stability and eventual growth" between the drama of the Depression and the outbreak of the Second World War. A lowering of wages was enforced and industry tariff protections maintained, which together with cheaper raw materials during the 1930s saw a shift from agriculture to manufacturing as the chief employer of the Australian economy – a shift which was consolidated by increased investment by the commonwealth government into defence and armaments manufacture. Lyons saw restoration of Australia's exports as the key to economic recovery. A devalued Australian currency assisted in restoring a favourable balance of trade. 309: 37: 28: 626:, passed by the British Parliament on 11 December 1931, formalised legislative equality for the parliaments of the self-governing dominions of the British Empire with that of the United Kingdom and during the Lyons period, Australia remained a loyal autonomous member of the British Empire (not even seeing a need to ratify the Statute). The position of "minister without portfolio in London" was created for former prime minister 368: 441:
Australia agreed to the give tariff preference to British Empire goods, following the 1932 Imperial economic conference. The Lyons government lowered interest rates to stimulate expenditure. In October 1933, James Fenton, co-founder of the United Australia Party, resigned from Cabinet over the lack of industry protection in the government's tariff schedules.
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to represent Australia at the 1932 League of Nations Assembly in Geneva and in 1934 Hughes became Minister for Health and Repatriation. Hughes made a memorable speech in the portfolio in 1935 in which he argued that "Australia must... populate or perish". However Hughes was forced to resign in 1935
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A dramatic episode in Australian history followed Lyons first electoral victory. NSW Premier Jack Lang refused to pay interest on overseas State debts, the Lyons government stepped in and paid the debts. The national Parliament then passed the Financial Agreement Enforcement Act to recover the money
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The UAP went on to win 28 seats to Labor's 18, Lang Labor's 9, and the Country Party's 14, with 5 seats won by South Australia's Liberal and Country League at 15 September 1934 Australian Federal Election. The United Australia Party won 16 seats in the Senate, and the Country Party 2. Lyons took to
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and 4 for Lang Labor, with a further 6 won by the South Australia 'Emergency Committee' and with 1 Independent. The United Australia Party won 15 seats in the Senate and Labor just 3. The new medium of radio was employed by the candidates, leading to the election being dubbed the 'radio election'.
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According to author Brian Carroll, Lyons had been underestimated when he assumed office in 1932 and as leader he demonstrated: "a combination of honesty, native shrewdness, tact, administrative ability, common sense, good luck and good humour that kept him in the job longer than any previous prime
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in 1935 for the Silver Jubilee celebrations of King George V and Queen Mary – a journey necessitating six months absence from Australia. Lyons faced anti-Catholic demonstrations in Edinburgh, visited his ancestral homeland of Ireland and had an audience with the Pope in Rome. Lyons returned to
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Tariffs had been a point of difference between the Country Party and United Australia Party. The CP opposed high tariffs because they increased costs for farmers, while the UAP had support among manufacturers who supported tariffs. Lyons was therefore happy to be perceived as "protectionist".
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introduced the National Insurance Bill in 1938 and it passed through the Parliament despite some opposition from Country Party members, however in the face of further criticisms over costs, the government repealed sections of the Act. This back-down led to the resignation of UAP Deputy leader
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exposed a lack of preparation in Australia for what Hughes correctly supposed to be a coming war. Soon after, the Lyons government tripled the defence budget. In the book, Hughes described sanctions as "either an empty gesture, or war", contradicting Cabinet's decision to support the
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Australia recovered relatively quickly from the financial downturn of 1929–1930, with recovery beginning around 1932. Prime Minister Joseph Lyons was the leader responsible for stewarding Australia out of this difficult period. Lyons favoured the tough economic measures of the
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would prove insufficient to defend Australia from attack from the north. Billy Hughes was brought back into cabinet by Lyons in 1936 and appointed Minister for External Affairs in 1937. From 1938, Lyons used Hughes to head a recruitment drive for the Australian Defence Force.
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gathering in Europe and the Pacific, Joseph Lyons became the first Prime Minister of Australia to die in office. Driving from Canberra to Sydney, en route to his home in Tasmania for Easter, he suffered a heart attack, dying soon after in hospital in Sydney, on Good Friday.
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Like around one fifth of his Australian countrymen, Joseph Lyons himself was devoutly Catholic and proudly of Irish heritage. He had led Labor's anti-conscription campaign in Tasmania during World War I. As prime minister, he travelled to London with wife
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In December 1938, the government announced that 15,000 European refugees would be admitted to Australia over the following three years. However, only a small number of Jewish refugees were accepted due to anti-semitism within the immigration office.
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to succeed Lyons and Menzies was sworn in as prime minister for the first time on 26 April 1939. Page refused to serve under Menzies and the UAP entered a period of minority government. On 3 September 1939, Australia entered World War II.
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The UAP's Deputy leader, Robert Menzies, had resigned in March, citing the coalition's failure to implement a plan for national insurance as the cause for his resignation. In the absence of a UAP deputy, the Governor-General,
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against the more radical proposals of the Labor movement to deal the Depression had attracted the support of prominent Australian conservatives, known as "the Group", whose number included future prime minister
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Jack Lang's bid to default on debt repayments, Lyons advocated orthodox fiscal management. When Labor reinstated the more radical Ted Theodore as Treasurer in 1931, Lyons and Fenton resigned from Cabinet.
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In November 1931, Lang Labor dissidents chose to challenge the Scullin Labor government and align with the United Australia Party Opposition to pass a 'no confidence' and the government fell.
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At 23 October 1937 Election, the Coalition was returned to office with 28 seats for the UAP, one for an 'Independent UAP' candidate and 16 for the Country Party. The Labor Party under
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it had paid. In an effort to frustrate this move, Lang ordered State departments to pay all receipts directly to the Treasury instead of into Government bank accounts. The
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Ross, A. T. (1990). "Australian Overseas Trade and National Development Policy 1932–1939: a story of colonial larrikins or Australian statesmen?".
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support from the Country Party. To date, this is the last time that the Country/National Party has not had any seats in a non-Labor cabinet.
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the air at the 1934 election campaign – becoming the first Prime Minister to fly – piloted around Australia in the "Faith of Australia" by
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in Asia. Scarred by the experiences of World War I, Australia reluctantly prepared for a new war, in which the primacy of the British
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c. 1933. Hughes opposed the policy of "appeasement" favoured by the Western powers and warned of an Australia ill-prepared for the
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from Australia, but lost a series of legal challenges and was widely seen as having embarrassed itself. In 1936, British woman
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in March 1939, who supported the plan and was by now openly antipathetic to Country Party members – notably Earle Page.
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made gains, winning 29 seats. Labor also won 16 seats in the Senate, against just 3 for the United Australia Party.
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The background to the Lyons government saw Australia grappling with the immense challenges of the Great Depression.
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publicly defaming her character. The Freer case became a cause celebre and led to Paterson's resignation in 1937.
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was refused entry to Australia due to her relationship with a married Australian man, with immigration minister
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against the Scullin Labor government. He resigned from the ALP soon afterward, along with Trade Minister
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after the 1934 Australian federal election. The Lyons government stewarded Australia's recovery from the
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Defence issues became increasingly dominant in public affairs with the rise of fascism in Europe and
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A further point of difference between the Country Party and UAP had been the issue of establishing
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won a landslide victory at 19 December 1931 Australian Federal Election, winning 34 seats in the
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from January 1932 until the death of Joseph Lyons in 1939. Lyons negotiated a coalition with the
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With Australia still suffering the effects of the Great Depression, Joseph Lyons' newly formed
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The Lyons government became involved in multiple controversies over its use of the
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was then formed from a merger of the six Labor dissidents, the opposition
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for political purposes, rather than its stated purpose of enforcing the
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was the federal executive government of Australia led by Prime Minister
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Although the UAP had fought the election as part of the traditional
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Beaches, Fishing Grounds and Sea Routes Protection Act 1932
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Poster promoting the return of the Lyons government at the
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For information about the caretaker governments led by
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From Barton to Fraser: Every Australian Prime Minister
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Notable acts passed by the Lyons government include:
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UAP Minister and veteran World War I Prime Minister
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Index



Monarch
George V
Edward VIII
George VI
Prime Minister
Joseph Lyons
Deputy
John Latham
Earle Page
UAP
Country
Scullin government
Page government
Joseph Lyons
United Australia Party
Australian Parliament
Country Party
Great Depression
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Australian Labor Party
Premier of Tasmania
James Scullin
Great Depression
Lang Labor
Otto Niemeyer
NSW Premier
James Fenton
Robert Menzies

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