| | Lang, John Thomas (Jack) (1876 - 1975) Biographical Entry - Australian Dictionary of Biography Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) |
 | | Lang perceived the rising strength of trade union influence though it was riven by conflict between the A.W.U., led by J. |
 | | Lang gained one of the Parramatta seats and became treasurer in the Storey ministry; he continued in office until the fall of the Dooley government in 1922. |
 | | Lang proposed 'the Lang Plan', that interest payments to British bondholders should be suspended, that interest on Australian government borrowings should be reduced to 3 per cent, and that a new form of currency should be based on 'the goods standard'. |
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