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John Lang-like Shorten is betraying the workers : Comments
By Gary Johns, published 29/12/2016Labor has reverted to the dark days of Jack Lang. Early in 1931, in the depths of the Depression, Lang, the Labor premier of NSW, wanted to default on government borrowings.
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I've been an admirer of Jack Lang, the politician, since my teen years and my father knew him well and was an ardent supporter.
Jack's last really public appearance was when he gave a farewell speech from the steps of his old office in Auburn, NSW.
The local police sent two constables to control the expected small crowd, they had to call for more men as the crowd was so big that Auburn Road had to be closed to traffic.
I also knew JT Lang personally, but only as a somewhat distant old man, I went to school with his grandson, Jim, and we used to play tennis on JT's backyard court and he'd often come down to watch but never said much.