Chapter 500 The First Four-Year Plan

As the monarch of Australasia, Arthur is quite concerned about this cabinet election.

Although some of the positions were appointed by Arthur, most positions were still uncertain. After all, Arthur did not intend to completely control the cabinet government. The opinions of the parties and the people were still very important.

According to past practice, ordinary people do not have the right to stand for election for the three positions of Minister of Royal Affairs, Minister of Defense and Minister of Finance.

Candidates can only be nine people recommended by Arthur, an average of three for each position, for small-scale elections in the House of Representatives.

In addition, the Minister of State, also known as the Deputy Prime Minister, Arthur also has decision-making power.

However, Arthur generally does not ask for positions other than those three positions. After all, a competitive government with fresh blood is what Arthur wants.

Although Arthur can rule the country for decades with any government, doing so will not be beneficial to the country's politics and will greatly restrict the inflow of fresh blood in the political arena.

This is why Arthur stipulated from the beginning that the prime minister is only allowed to serve two consecutive terms and the cabinet ministers are only allowed to serve three consecutive terms.

Only by limiting the term of each position can we ensure that the position will not be held by any one person, and more fresh blood will flow into the political arena.

Compared with elections in which the House of Representatives needs to win over civilian votes, cabinet elections are still very quick.

The cabinet election is only an internal election in the Senate, with only 198 people, and the counting of votes does not take too long.

This also resulted in cabinet elections starting on July 1, 1919, and lasting only until July 3.

July 4th is the day when the results are officially announced and the date when the fifth Australasian cabinet takes office.

This cabinet election is quite important. In Arthur's plan, the few years since the end of the war are the years that set the tone for Australasia and are also the highlight of peaceful development.

Especially because of the impact of the flu, the national reputation of the United States has almost become bad. Australasia has become the most popular choice for immigrants. This has a greater impact on Australasia absorbing immigrants from Europe, especially British immigrants. s help.

On July 4, 1919, the fifth Australasian Cabinet was officially announced.

As expected, Prime Minister Kent was re-elected and became the Prime Minister of the fifth Australasian cabinet government, continuing to set a new record for the length of time a Prime Minister has been re-elected.

Unless the next prime minister can face the same opportunity as Prime Minister Kent, and continue the cabinet due to major reasons, or form a war cabinet and suspend the election, he will be able to catch up with the length of Prime Minister Kent's term in two terms.

According to their positions, the list of candidates for the fifth Australasian Cabinet Government is:

First Minister (Prime Minister): Kent Clover Rollan

Minister of State (Deputy Prime Minister): Roger Joseph Ebert

Archbishop of Australasia: Steed Malbranck

Lord Justice of Australasia: Karen Carney

Speaker of the House of Representatives: Grant Wilson

Minister for Crown Affairs: Hunter Moncey Laurent

Minister of Defense: Raul Plangue

Chancellor: Kevin Noble

Secretary of Industry: Joey Melo

Agriculture Secretary: Robert Swift

Minister for People's Livelihood: Philip Chapman

Minister of Transport: Martin Pospisil

Secretary of State for the Peace: Robert Hillier

Health Secretary: Ryan Reid

Education Secretary: Stefan Kroos

Foreign Secretary: Daze Watson

Although there are many familiar names in the new cabinet government, there are also many new members.

There is good news for Arthur, that is, the government framework of Kent Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Gallo has not changed. The new cabinet government should be able to quickly adapt to the previous government affairs. This is very important for the future development of Australasia. favorable.

The Ministers of Defense and Finance, whom Arthur trusted more, and the younger brother of Prime Minister Kent, the Minister of Royal Affairs Hunter, all continued to stay in their positions and serve Arthur.

There are also some people, such as the very important Ministry of Industry, Industry Minister Paul, who lost the election and ended his term with regret.

The Justice, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Minister of Industry, the Minister of Transport, the Minister of Health and the Minister of Agriculture are all new candidates. This is also the fresh blood that the Australasian political arena has injected into the cabinet government.

As for their abilities, they have not yet been tested and can only wait for verification in the next work.

However, being able to be elected to the House of Representatives by the people and become a member of the cabinet government after being elected by the House of Representatives also proves that their ability at least meets the qualification standards.

Otherwise, the Intelligence Bureau would have submitted their information to Arthur's desk long ago, and it would be absolutely impossible for incompetent people to enter the electoral ranks.

Although they had already become members of the new cabinet government on the day the list was announced, their official appointment was the next day, July 5.

After all, there is an extremely important step for the members of the Australasian cabinet before they officially take office, which is to swear allegiance to Arthur in front of many Australasians in front of the Palace Square.

While all the cabinet members were waiting with joy or anxiety, the oath-taking ceremony also went on smoothly, marking the official birth of a new cabinet government in Australasia.

During the two days from July 4th to 5th, the new cabinet government will not have much work. These cabinet members will need some time to adapt. After all, they have to consider the feelings of some of the new officials.

At the same time, these two days are also days for them to celebrate. Some post-election celebrations are inevitable among diplomatic envoys in Australasia, the major political parties, and the families of these officials.

After all, this is the highest level of the Australasian government, which means that they have entered the country's decision-making circle and can have a certain impact on the country.

Arthur is also willing to give the new cabinet government two days to familiarize themselves with the new work.

At the same time, it also allows them to be fully prepared for this job, which concerns the entire country of Australasia and its 20 million people.

On July 7, 1919, the first cabinet meeting of the new cabinet government was officially held at Sydney Palace.

It is related to the development of the country in the next few years. Arthur's expression was very serious. He looked at the cabinet members sitting in authority and said: "Everyone, first of all, I want to congratulate you. Whether you are an old face or a new member, You will all be some of the most important people in Australasia and determine the fate of this country in the coming years."

"This is a pretty huge power, but it also represents huge responsibilities and obligations. I believe you have a certain understanding of your respective jobs in the past few days. I hope you can get into your respective jobs as soon as possible. , regard national development as the most important thing and devote everything to it.”

"Okay, Prime Minister Kent, let's start with you and talk about your plans for your work and the problems you want to solve next." Arthur looked at Prime Minister Kent and said.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Prime Minister Kent nodded very respectfully, walked to the stage very confidently, saluted Arthur first, and then said:

"Your Majesty, everyone. In the past few years of development, our country has achieved very good results. Currently, our industrial level ranks among the top five in the world, our economic level ranks among the top eight in the world, and our growth trend is good."

"But at the same time, there are still some problems that have not been completely solved. In view of the current world situation, I think the government's next main goal should focus on immigration, industry, military, science and technology and education. At the same time, accelerating the localization of colonies process, keeping our existing colonies firmly under control," said Prime Minister Kent.

“To this end, I have set up a four-year plan for the government’s next work, following the five-year plan previously proposed by His Majesty.

First, while America's international reputation is tarnished, we should vigorously attract immigrants from Europe. At the same time, we should reduce the proportion of Russian immigrants as much as possible and ensure that our main ethnic group accounts for more than 60% of the qualifying line. "

"The number of Russian immigrants and non-Russian immigrants last year was 447,000 and 321,000 respectively, and the proportion of Russian immigrants was slightly higher. According to the immigration data in the first half of this year, our number of non-Russian immigrants this year is expected to reach 47.2 Ten thousand people, the number of Russian immigrants should remain at about 440,000. In this way, our foreign immigrant population is about 900,000, plus the domestic newborn population, the population growth is about 1.4 million to 1.5 million , has met our initial requirements for population growth."

"The most important part of the four-year plan is population growth. Within four years, Western European immigrants should be larger than Russian immigrants, and the population growth should be more than 1.4 million. After four years, the country's population can reach the expected 26 million, and further Solve the problem of sparse population.

Secondly, our total steel production last year was 3.012 million tons and 4.557 million tons respectively. Our industrial level is second only to Britain, France, Russia and the United States, ranking fifth in the world.

With the construction of the fourth phase of the Leonora Industrial Base, coupled with the construction of new industrial bases in various states, industrial growth will also be within a good range in the next four years, and it is hoped that the annual steel output will be reached in four years. More than 4 million tons, the annual iron output is expected to be more than 6 million tons.

In this way, our total steel production will exceed 10 million tons, stabilizing our position as one of the world's top five industrial powers, and at the same time looking for opportunities to surpass Russia.

Our arms exports and domestic production and construction require a large amount of steel, so there is no need to worry about any problems with the growth of steel production.

While the industry is growing, we should vigorously support private small and medium-sized enterprises, provide support to the chemical industry, civil industry, and various industries, including tax exemption policies, to improve our comprehensive industrial strength. "

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