Issues that swung elections: rural voters get a voice and topple a government in 1913
- Written by Peter Woodley, PhD candidate, School of History, Australian National University
Prime Minister Andrew Fisher meets farmers in Murgon, Queensland, in 1913Queensland State Archives, Digital Image ID 3057
With taxes, health care and climate change emerging as key issues in the upcoming federal election, we’re running a series this week looking at the main issues that swung elections in the past, from agricultural...
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