Chifley in a sentence

It also manages the Weston Neighbourhood Hall on Hilder Street, Weston; Flynn Community Hall, a “beautiful space” on Bingle Street, Flynn; and the Chifley Community Meeting Room, a modern space on Maclaurin Crescent, Chifley, says Yung.

In addition to campaigning against Chifley's bank nationalization proposal, Menzies successfully lead the 'No' case for a referendum by the Chifley government in 1948 to extend commonwealth wartime powers to control rents and prices.

Chifley Advisory claims it commenced legal proceedings when it was denied access to assets by the parents.

Hannon has operated a private Investment group, Chifley Investor Group Pty Limited, for over 15 years.

Michael Hickey pictured at Chifley Dam on November 22, 2023, with the aqua park equipment in the background.

No details on the deed of settlement between Chifley Advisory and Dennis and Annette Salvestrin have been made public.

She writes that McEwen was “the man” in the “right place” and at the “right time” in Australian political history; and that he stands alongside the great Prime Ministers such as, “Barton, Deakin, Menzies, Curtin and Chifley”.

The Campbells River upstream of Chifley Dam had a swift rise after Christmas Day rain.

The median house value in Lyons dropped 17 per cent, followed by Chifley and Pearce where values fell 16 per cent.

Ben Chifley started the lock-up almost by accident to give the newspapers time to file for their morning editions.

THE future of the loss-making Chifley Health and Wellness Centre looks secure after some pre-election offers from both major political parties for rent relief to the Y Canberra Region to support the ailing health hub.

He closed his presentation, astonishingly, with an observation from Ben Chifley: “Our great objective is not to make someone premier or prime minister.

A few weeks later, Chifley suffered a heart attack in his room at the Hotel Kurrajong in Canberra (he had lived there throughout his political career, having refused to reside at The Lodge while Prime Minister).

Although Chifley managed to lead Labor to a five-seat swing in the House, Labor lost six seats in the Senate, giving the Coalition control of both chambers.

Although Frank Forde was nominally the number-two-man in the government, Chifley became the minister Curtin most relied on.

Chifley and his ministers were able to ensure that Australia's wartime economy was managed effectively and that post-war debts were minimised.

Chifley died a few months after the 1951 election.

Chifley died in an ambulance on the way to the Canberra Community Hospital.

Chifley saw the strike as a move by the Communist Party to challenge Labor's place as the party of the working class, and he sent in the army to break the strike.

Chifley's government did, however, succeed in passing the Banking and Commonwealth Bank Acts of 1945, which gave the government control over monetary policy and established the Commonwealth Bank as Australia's national bank.