Chapter 500 The First Four-Year Plan

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

Although some of the positions are pre-selected by Arthur, there is still uncertainty in most of the positions. After all, Arthur does not intend to completely control the cabinet government. The opinions of parties and the public are still very important.

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

The candidates can only be nine people recommended by Arthur, with an average of three for each position, and a small-scale election will be held in the House of Representatives.

In addition, Arthur actually has the right to decide on the Secretary of State, that is, the Deputy Prime Minister.

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

Although Arthur can rely on any government to rule the country for decades, doing so will not be of any benefit to the country's politics and will greatly limit the influx of fresh blood in the political arena.

This is also the reason why Arthur stipulated at the beginning that the prime minister is only allowed to be re-elected for two terms and the cabinet minister is only allowed to be re-elected for three terms.

Only by limiting the term of office 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 the election of the House of Representatives, which needs to attract public votes, the cabinet election is still very fast.

The cabinet election is only held within the Senate, with only 198 people, and it does not take too long to count the votes.

This also led to the cabinet election starting from July 1, 1919 and lasting only to July 3.

July 4 is the day when the results are officially announced, and it is also the date when the fifth cabinet of Australasia takes office.

This cabinet election is still relatively important. In Arthur's plan, the years after the war are the years when Australasia sets the tone, and it is also the highlight of peaceful development.

Especially because of the impact of influenza, the reputation of the United States has almost been stinking, and Australasia has become the most popular choice for immigration, which is more helpful for Australasia to absorb immigrants from Europe, especially British immigrants.

On July 4, 1919, the fifth cabinet of Australasia was officially announced.

As expected, Prime Minister Kent was re-elected and became the fifth Prime Minister of the Australian Cabinet Government, continuing to create a new record for the length of time a Prime Minister can serve in office.

Unless the next Prime Minister can face the same opportunity as Prime Minister Kent, continue the cabinet for major reasons, or form a wartime cabinet and suspend the election, he can catch up with Prime Minister Kent's term of office within two terms of Prime Minister.

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

Chief Minister (Prime Minister): Kent Claver-Lawren

Secretary of State (Deputy Prime Minister): Roger Joseph Abbott

Archbishop of Australasian: Steed Malbranque

Chancellor of Australasian: Karen Kearney

Speaker of the House of Representatives: Grant Wilson

Secretary of State for Crown Affairs: Hunter Monsay-Lawren

Secretary of Defense: Raul Pranger

Secretary of the Exchequer: Kevin Noble

Secretary of Industry: Joy Mellor

Secretary of Agriculture: Robert Swift

Secretary of People's Livelihood: Philip Chapman

Secretary of Transport: Martin Pospisil

Secretary of Law and Order: Robert Hillier

Secretary of Health: Ryan Reid

Secretary of Education: Stefan Cross

Secretary of Foreign Affairs: 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 Prime Minister Kent and Deputy Prime Minister Garroger has not changed. The new cabinet government should be able to adapt to the previous government affairs quickly, which is very beneficial to the future development of Australasia.

Arthur's more trusted defense and finance ministers, as well as Prime Minister Kent's brother, the Minister of Royal Affairs Hunt, continue to stay in their positions and serve Arthur.

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

The Chief 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, which is also the fresh blood injected into the cabinet government by the Australasia political arena.

As for their abilities, they have not been verified yet, and can only wait for the next work to verify.

However, being able to be elected into the House of Representatives by the people and becoming a member of the cabinet government after the election of the House of Representatives also proves that their abilities at least meet the qualified standards.

Otherwise, the Intelligence Bureau would have submitted their information to Arthur's desk long ago, and it would never be possible to let incompetent people enter the ranks of the election.

Although they had become members of the new cabinet government on the day the list was announced, they officially took office the next day, July 5.

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

As the cabinet members waited with relief or anxiety, the swearing-in ceremony went smoothly, marking the official birth of the new Australasian cabinet government.

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 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 to keep 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 immigrant population will be about 900,000. Adding the domestic newborn population, the population growth will be between 1.4 million and 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 small and medium-sized private 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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