Chapter 152 Term of Office Extended

1902 was a prosperous year for Australia. After two years of construction and development, various projects have shown results. The benefits brought to Australians by a large number of infrastructure projects are far more than these.

"In the new year, the government's main goal is still to continue our construction plan. In the new year, I hope that the railway sections that have been opened to traffic can be connected to the port, effectively enhancing the transportation efficiency of our industrial areas across the country. At the same time, the public security situation must be taken seriously. As our cities expand and the population grows, Australia's public security environment must also be maintained at a good level." Arthur made a final summary and ordered.

Overall, Australia's development is still very smooth. Although it is impossible to achieve the status of a world power in a short period of time, after a long period of development, everything has a chance.

"Prime Minister Evan, I remember that your cabinet government's term of office is about to end, right?" Just when everyone was relieved, Arthur suddenly asked with a smile.

"Yes, Your Highness. The term of office of the first cabinet government is a total of three years, starting in June 1900 and ending in June 1903." Prime Minister Evan replied immediately.

"Only half a year?" Arthur nodded after hearing this, and after thinking carefully for a while, he continued: "The government should prepare for the cabinet election in half a year. Starting from the next cabinet government, the term of office of cabinet members will be changed to four years, and the rest will remain unchanged."

The change of the term of office of cabinet members from three years to four years is the result of Arthur's careful consideration. After all, a three-year term is too short. Even if it has been developed, the results have just emerged.

Moreover, every cabinet government will eventually change, and the government composed of different cabinet members cannot guarantee the unity of opinions and consistency of policies.

If the development and construction are affected to a certain extent due to the election of the cabinet change, it will be a bit of a loss.

Although Arthur has decided to change the term of office of the cabinet government to four years at this time, it will take some time until the formal change of the Australian Constitution.

Moreover, Arthur does not want these cabinet members to think that the amendment of the term of office is specially prepared for them. Therefore, the change of the cabinet term of office will not be officially effective until the next cabinet government.

This is actually also a test of the prestige and persuasiveness of these cabinet members among the people. If they can stand out again in the cabinet election six months later and continue to stay in their positions, they will be able to get a longer term.

But if they are not convincing enough among the people, resulting in insufficient votes for them to continue to stay in their current positions, they may be the first and last cabinet government members in Australian history with a term of only three years.

As expected, when Arthur announced the decision to extend the term of office for one year from the next cabinet government, almost everyone's face showed joy and contemplation.

In the more than two years since taking office, no matter which department, these ministers have made certain achievements, and have also made great changes in each department.

Arthur is not stingy with their rewards. In addition to some financial rewards and verbal rewards, the most important thing for them is to be commended in the Victoria Daily and the Australian Daily.

At this stage of Australia's development, the only newspapers that have truly entered the Australian national market are the Victoria Daily and the Australian Daily.

Although these two newspapers belong to two newspapers in name, their scope of responsibility and customers are somewhat different.

But in fact, these two newspapers are all affiliated with the royal consortium, and the real controller behind them is Arthur.

With the support of the royal consortium, these two newspapers easily controlled the entire Australian market.

It is precisely because the two newspapers are responsible for completely different areas that the two newspapers can coexist peacefully.

Of course, when encountering an important moment for Australia, the two newspapers will print important news uniformly. This is also the only time when Victoria and Australian Daily can have the same page and news.

It is also because these officials occasionally let Arthur appear on one of Victoria and Australian Daily because of his good mood that they will be confident about the election six months later.

Even if it is only a small page, there are not many news reports. But after all, it is a national newspaper with customers covering the whole of Australia. In this era without any entertainment facilities, newspapers are the best way for people to pass the time.

According to statistics, among the more than four million people in Australia, there are more than 300,000 customers who have subscribed to newspapers.

Among them, the number of people who have become daily users of the two newspapers has exceeded 150,000. In other words, the daily sales share of Australian Daily and Victoria newspapers has reached more than 150,000, which is a publicity channel for at least 150,000 people.

Even more than that, many families only order one newspaper, but the number of people who read the newspaper is almost half of the family.

In addition, many people stop in front of the newspaper office and browse the newspaper. Although the sales share of the newspaper is only more than 150,000, the number of people who browse the newspaper every day is at least 400,000.

What a terrifying concept is this? Every day, one-tenth of the Australian population reads these two newspapers, and those who can appear in these two newspapers can be said to be famous throughout the country.

Of course, the huge printing volume and the customers all over Australia make it difficult for the two newspapers to transport newspapers.

This results in almost all the news in each newspaper being from the previous two days. Only by publishing the news from the previous two days can there be enough time to print and sell.

In addition, some sections of the road already have trains, which is the real reason why these two newspapers can sell more than 150,000 copies a day throughout Australia.

This is also a shortcoming that almost all newspapers have now, because the transportation method is not very developed, which means that if the newspaper chooses to print the news of the day, the printing time alone may take most of the day, not to mention the time for the newspaper to be delivered to various sales points and sold.

It may not be until the newspaper is successfully printed and sold that a new day has come, and the news has become old news.

Therefore, most newspapers currently print news from the previous day or even a few days ago, which can also give newspapers enough time to prepare.

It is precisely because of the current underdeveloped technology that the spread of news and information is actually very slow, and even most people only receive news from the outside world through newspapers and hearsay.

The reason why newspapers can maintain such high sales is precisely because of this reason. Although newspapers print news from the previous few days, people will not easily know even such news.

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