There is little likelihood of the Australian Government acceding to the request of the Australasian Trade Union Council that it reverse its rejection of the plan to establish a Jewish settlement in the Kimberly section of north-western Australia, Minister of the Interior Senator J. S. Collings said today.
“The scheme has been investigated and turned down for the obvious reason that the Government is opposed to large groups of foreign nationals being established in any one place,” Sen. Collings declared. “In addition, the most important and influential section of the Jewish community is itself opposed to any such scheme.”
Deputy John McEwen, a former Minister of the Interior, also voiced opposition to the Kimberly project today. Establishment of such a colony, he said, would ultimately mean that it would have its own parliamentary representative. “More than once,” he added, “great decisions have been made by the vote of one independent member. If for no other reason I oppose the Jewish settlement.”
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