Chapter 584 The new cabinet government

As time entered 1, it gradually warmed up.

As a major event held every four years in Australasia, cabinet elections attract much attention from people at home and abroad, and often attract a large number of domestic and foreign media.

Unlike general elections in other countries, Arthur is involved in all policies formulated by the Australasian government.

This also means that as long as Arthur is around, the basic tone of the policies formulated by the Australasian government will not change, and the people have nothing to worry about.

The most hotly debated topic at present is probably the performance of the fifth cabinet government in the past four years.

This is an advantage that some members of the cabinet government want to seek re-election. It has been published and reprinted by a large number of newspapers and media in recent times, and is almost well known to the vast majority of Australasians.

In the past four years, the population of Australasia has grown from 10,000 to 10,000, with a net population increase of more than 5.07 million, which can be considered to be maintained at a qualified level.

The population growth is not as rapid as before. One of the important reasons is that the government has actively reduced the number of immigrants from Russia. Firstly, it ensures that it will not be penetrated by more Soviet Russian forces. Secondly, it ensures the proportional advantage of British immigrants.

Among the current population of 25.27 million in Australasia, the number of British immigrants is as high as 3%. Compared with the 4% of Russian immigrants and the 1% of German immigrants, they still have a considerable advantage.

Keeping the proportion of British immigrants above 50% is what successive governments should do while maintaining rapid population growth.

Although this has limited the population growth of Australasia to a certain extent, it has not reached the population growth of nearly 2 million in previous years.

But such population growth is more stable for Australasia. After all, the stability of the country is greater than pure population figures.

Judging from the current population growth trend in Australasia, it should reach more than 30 million in 1.

If the war started in 1 Australasia could even have a population close to 40 million to handle the war.

A population of 40 million not only represents millions of huge manpower, but can also greatly improve Australasia's industry and economy, ensuring that Australasia can receive considerable benefits during and after the war. part.

On the industrial side, when this cabinet government took office, the total value of steel production in Australasia was 50,000 tons and 10,000 tons respectively.

After four years of long development, the current total steel production in Australasia has reached 20,000 tons and 70,000 tons and 80,000 tons respectively.

This kind of growth rate is still relatively small compared to some powerful countries, but the most important reason for the slowdown in growth rate is that Arthur took into account the economic Great Depression event that affected the world in history and ordered the government to When developing industry, it must be built according to the actual needs of the country.

At present, Australasia's population of 25 million can only afford these industrial consumption. Even if the total steel production is expanded to tens of millions of tons, the consumption capacity of the people is limited, and the consumption capacity of the country is also limited. Too much production will become a burden and even exacerbate the outbreak of the economic crisis.

Arthur did not want Australasia to become a major source of the Great Depression. The Great Depression set back the U.S. economy and industry for decades, and Arthur did not want to suffer this kind of hardship at all.

It is not only necessary to avoid becoming a major outbreak country, but also to avoid the possible damage of the Great Depression to the Australasian economy and industry.

No matter how much damage this incident has caused to other countries, in Australasia, this incident must be avoided as much as possible.

What the public is more concerned about is actually the economic growth of Australasia.

The growth of population and industry has not changed much in the lives of ordinary people, only the real economy, which actually represents the consumption level and economic income of the people.

The GDP of 1 is only 03.2 billion Australian dollars, which is still far behind Italy.

But according to the latest data, Australasia's GDP has exceeded that of Italy, and it is still growing.

The average income of the people overall increased by more than 8%. Although it lags far behind the growth of per capita income in other countries, this occurred without much depreciation of the Australian dollar.

The purchasing power of one franc before the war was different from that of one franc after the war, but compared with one Australian dollar before the war, one Australian dollar now is more valuable.

It seems that the performance of this cabinet government is indeed good, but due to the rigid rules on the term of the cabinet government, there are still many people who want to change their positions this time.

For example, the current Prime Minister Kent, after successfully serving two consecutive terms as Prime Minister, can only bid farewell to the position of Prime Minister and either compete for other cabinet positions, or he can only choose to take a short break and compete for the Prime Minister of the seventh cabinet government four years later. .

Raul Plange, who has been successfully re-elected as Defense Minister for three terms, will either go further or have to bid farewell to the cabinet government temporarily.

However, even if such cabinet members who have been successfully re-elected and have good political achievements lose their right to be re-elected and choose to retire, Arthur will never treat them badly.

Even if Prime Minister Kent and Minister Raul choose to retire now, the one who can replace them will at least be rewarded with the title of baron.

Even because of the special nature of Prime Minister Kent, as a hero of World War I, he may become the first earl in the history of Australasia and reach the pinnacle of the Australasian nobility.

Amid everyone's expectations, the election of the new cabinet government of 1Lasiya officially began.

Arthur did not choose to grant a cabinet member a further term. After all, such a right would destroy the harmony between political circles and damage Arthur's prestige.

Now is neither a war period nor a special period, so there is no need to make such special exceptions.

It is precisely because of this that the candidates for the new sixth cabinet government have undergone tremendous changes compared with the previous one.

Outside the House of Representatives, under the expectant eyes of the people, the candidates for the new cabinet government were officially announced:

Chief Minister (Prime Minister): Roger Joseph Ebert

Minister of State (Deputy Prime Minister): Raul Plangue

Archbishop: Steed Malbranck

Justice: Monte Brown

Speaker of the House of Representatives: Grant Wilson

Minister of Royal Affairs: Yajedine Blanc

Secretary of Defense: Thomas Johnson

Chancellor of the Exchequer: Hunter Moncey Laurent

Secretary of Industry: Joey Melo

Agriculture Secretary: Mark Reddell

Minister of Public Welfare: Ludgar David

Minister of Transport: Martin Pospisil

Sheriff: Meron Angelo

Health Secretary: Dean Briggs

Secretary of Education: Kylo Jefferson

Foreign Secretary: Kylo Jefferson

The changes in this new list of cabinet members are not minor. From the prime minister to the cabinet ministers, a large number of new faces have been welcomed, and many old people have left.

The first is the Chief Minister, the top leader of the cabinet government. After careful consideration, Prime Minister Kent temporarily decided to take a break.

This also represents the first time after 23 years that Kent, who has served as a cabinet minister since the early days of the Principality of Australia, lived as a civilian who was not a cabinet member.

Of course, Kent is not a civilian now. As early as the previous enfeoffment, Kent was enfeoffed as a baron because of his own merits.

As one of the people Arthur trusted most, Prime Minister Kent made great contributions to Arthur during his 23-year term as a cabinet member and was one of the biggest contributors to Australasia.

His father, Kent Steward, also made a huge contribution to Arthur. Coupled with the Laurent family's loyalty to the royal family, no matter when the enfeoffment ceremony is, Prime Minister Kent's earldom should not be lost.

This was also the decision and choice Arthur made after learning that Prime Minister Kent would not run for the new cabinet position.

The first earldom of Australasia was awarded to Kent. This was a matter of course, and Kent was the most worthy of the title.

The new prime minister of the cabinet is Roger, the deputy prime minister of the fourth and fifth cabinets. The new Prime Minister Roger is also very senior. He was the Minister of Finance in the first and second cabinet governments. His current term in the cabinet government is as long as 23 years.

Roger's election as Prime Minister, in addition to his high prestige in the political arena, was also Arthur's choice to compensate for the local forces in Australasia.

After all, local Australasian talents are the basis of Arthur's rule. Although Arthur believes more in talents like Prime Minister Kent, they are after all the British who followed Arthur to Australasia and the forces of local Australasia. In fact, they belong to two factions.

But in the final analysis, whether they are British immigrants or Australasians, if we trace their origins, they are all immigrants who came to Australasia from the United Kingdom.

In addition to appeasing the local forces, it is also very important for Roger to serve as the new prime minister of the cabinet and to speed up the construction of the Australasian nation.

Raul, who has served three consecutive terms as Defense Minister, has also taken a step forward and became the Minister of State for the new Prime Minister of the Cabinet.

Although there is only one word difference, the power of the Minister of State is still much greater than that of the Minister of Defense.

Moreover, since the position of Minister of State was established in the Australasian Cabinet, when the Prime Minister of the Cabinet changes, the Minister of State is elected as the Chief Minister.

Although this is due to Arthur's decision and a certain coincidence, the importance of the Minister of State to the entire cabinet government is also evident.

Normally, when the Prime Minister is away on a visit, the Minister of State will exercise the powers of the Prime Minister. In the event of any accident to the Prime Minister, the Minister of State will also directly succeed as Prime Minister until the next cabinet government election.

Although serving as Minister of State is equivalent to having great hope to run for the next Prime Minister, for the current Deputy Prime Minister Raul, this position is a journey that can only advance and cannot retreat.

Either take a step forward and become the prime minister of the next cabinet government, or you can only retire and leave your own legend in the political arena.

The new Lord Chancellor Monte Brown is still a native Australasian, which is also the current trend in Australasian politics.

Because of the very strict rules for running for cabinet government, only those who have lived in Australasia for more than 15 years and have no criminal history can run for the House of Representatives.

Cabinet members will also be elected from candidates nominated by the House of Representatives and Arthur. This also means that if you want to become a cabinet member in Australasia, in addition to being nominated by Arthur, you must first live in Australasia for a full period of time. More than 15 years.

It is worth mentioning that Hunter, who has served as minister of royal affairs for three terms, was nominated by Arthur as a candidate for minister of finance and was immediately successfully elected as minister of finance and economics in the new cabinet government.

This is also a smart point among members of the House of Representatives. Although Arthur nominated three people at the same time, only Hunter was mentioned by Arthur. This can actually show Arthur's attitude.

Members of the House of Representatives naturally understood this, which allowed Hunter to become finance minister without any pressure.

As the younger brother of the Kent Prime Minister and the son of the Kent steward, Arthur still valued the ability to cultivate Hunter.

If nothing else happens, Hunter should be the next royal steward, and will also control the management of the royal consortium.

Under such circumstances, it is still very important to cultivate Hunter's ability. However, Hunter's academic qualifications are not bad. After graduating from a British university, he studied at various universities in Australasia for several years. He also served as the minister of royal affairs to assist the Kent steward in managing the royal family's finances. There is no doubt about his economic ability. .

After becoming the Minister of Finance, the position of Minister of Royal Affairs also fell into the hands of Yajdine Blanc.

The name Ajedine Blanc may seem unfamiliar, but he is one of the brains behind the management of the royal consortium, the main helper of the Kent steward, and Arthur's confidant.

Positions like the Minister of Finance still have to be controlled by Arthur, but after all, Yajdine Blanc is new to politics. It is not good to be the Minister of Finance from the beginning. It is better to choose the Minister of Royal Affairs for the transition. Most reasonable.

If nothing else happens, Yajdine Blanc should be the next candidate for finance minister, and this is also Arthur's carefully selected confidant.

The choice of the new Minister of Defense is very simple. After Minister Raul became the Deputy Prime Minister, the most qualified person from the military to serve as Minister of Defense was Thomas, the former commander of the 1st Guards Division.

Fortunately, Industry Minister Joy, Transport Minister Martin and Foreign Minister Dazer were successfully re-elected and can still stay in the new cabinet government.

The agriculture department, the people's livelihood department, the security department, the medical department and the education department have all welcomed new managers. Except for the new agriculture minister Mark Reddell, who once served as the agriculture minister, the others are all fresh blood of the cabinet government. This is what Arthur hopes to bring fresh vitality to the cabinet government and keep the government somewhat radical.

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