Robert Menzies: Taxing the Shareholder

July 31, 1942 (over 81 years ago)

Former Australian Prime Minister Robert Menzies criticizes the government's plan to cut the shareholder profit limit by half.

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Robert Menzies: Scrap Iron for Japan

April 3, 1942 (about 82 years ago)

Former Australian Prime Minister pokes holes at the arguments of critics who were lambasting him for not prohibiting the shipment of scrap iron to Japan during the war.

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Robert Menzies: Is Inflation a Bogey?

September 11, 1942 (over 81 years ago)

Former Australian Prime Minister Robert Menzies explains the dangers of inflations.

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Robert Menzies: Compulsory Unionism

August 14, 1942 (over 81 years ago)

Former Australian Prime Minister tackles the compulsory unionism and its undemocratic implications.

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Robert Menzies: The Government and Ourselves

June 5, 1942 (almost 82 years ago)

Former Australian Prime Minister talks about what he believes is the core of a democrat's responsibility: the fusion of self with government.

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Robert Menzies: The Sickness of Democracy

October 30, 1942 (over 81 years ago)

Former Australian Prime Minister Robert Menzies calls out electoral indifference and political pandering as attitudes that severely impair a democracy.

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Robert Menzies: The Function Of the Opposition in Parliament

May 8, 1942 (almost 82 years ago)

Robert Menzies talks about the importance of maintaining an attitude of honest and open debate in Parliament.

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Robert Menzies: Schools and War

October 16, 1942 (over 81 years ago)

Former Prime Minister Robert Menzies categorizes education as an essential though non-military need of the Australian nation in a time of war.

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Robert Menzies: The Moral Element in Total War

August 21, 1942 (over 81 years ago)

Robert Menzies talks about the moral demands of a nation at war.

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Robert Menzies: The Task of Democracy

November 13, 1942 (over 81 years ago)

Robert Menzies identifies two objectives that need to be met in order to establish democracy in the post-war world.

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