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unusual facts about Ben Chifley


Lists of landmark court decisions

In 1948 the High Court of Australia found that the Chifley government's legislation to nationalise Australia's private banks was unconstitutional.


Andrew Fisher

Passing 113 Acts, the 1910–13 government was a period of reform unmatched in the Commonwealth until the 1940s under John Curtin and Ben Chifley.

Two Airlines Policy

The First and Second Chifley (Labor) ministries established Trans Australia Airlines in 1946, after passing legislation establishing TAA in 1945.

Warren McDonald

McDonald ran unsuccessfully for the Country Party in the 1946 federal election, a fact which did not prevent the Chifley government appointing him to advise the prices commissioner in 1947.


see also

Infamous Victory: Ben Chifley's Battle for Coal

Infamous Victory: Ben Chifley's Battle for Coal is a 2004 Australian documentary about the 1949 Australian coal strike.