Rise of Australia

Chapter 115 Senate Committee Meeting (Please Subscribe!)

On April 1902, 4, after a ten-day election period, the specific list of the first political group was finally released.

This time the political group has a total of one hundred seats, and as long as it is an adult New Zealander, it can participate in the election.

Although the response in New Zealand was not strong, it still attracted hundreds of New Zealanders to run for election.

However, these individual candidates obviously do not have the advantages of political parties in the election. Most of the seats are occupied by political parties, and there are less than ten seats left for individual candidates.

In terms of parties, the Coalition has a big advantage this time around.Perhaps it is because the Relief Commission brought by Arthur has indeed realized many benefits, which has made the Coalition Party more popular in New Zealand, and many people also have a good opinion of Australia.

Of the 70 seats, the Alliance Party occupies more than half, more than [-].After subtracting the seats won by individual candidates, there are just under [-] seats left for Labor.

The gap between the seats already provides a clear indication of the current popularity of the Coalition and NZ Labor in New Zealand.

Arthur didn't even operate under the covers, it was entirely the result of the New Zealanders' own election.

With the successful election of the Political Group, the first meeting of the Political Group will come soon.

Arthur also briefly attended the meeting and appointed the two deputy speakers of the Senate, the leader of the Coalition Party, Grant Wilson, and the leader of the New Zealand Labor Party, Andy Rimmer.

Choosing Andy Rimmer as one of the vice-presidents of the Senate, in addition to the means of checks and balances, may not be the reason why the Senate is really empty.

Those individual candidates were all New Zealand civilians before, and letting them become deputy speakers simply couldn't hold back the scene.

Except for those individual candidates, the rest are members of the Coalition Party and the New Zealand Labor Party.

It is an insult to Grant to let Grant Wilson's men come to the same position as Grant, and it is also not in line with Arthur's intention to win over the Coalition Party.

Then the current leader of the New Zealand Labor Party, Andy Rimmer, can only be added to this number. Anyway, the deputy speaker does not actually have much power, and the actual power of the Political Group also comes from Arthur.

With the support of the two vice-presidents and under the witness of Arthur, the Senate successfully held its first meeting and discussed the next decision of the Senate.

It is said that it is a decision, but it is actually a discussion on the scope of the Senate's capabilities and the next move.

Arthur gave the Senate the right to advise the colonial government and supervise all New Zealand officials.

These rights, if implemented well, are absolutely enormous.

However, how to implement it and the method of implementation still need to be discussed in more detail.

Because most of the seats are held by the Coalition Party, the Senate Political Group quickly adopted a strategy to suggest that the government strengthen ties with Australia and improve the public's goodwill towards Australia.

Although the New Zealand Labor Party and those individual candidates did not understand the purpose of doing so, it did not prevent them from agreeing with the strategy proposed by the Coalition Party.

After all, strengthening ties with Australia is also good for New Zealand. At least the Australian Royal Relief Committee has also implemented some relief policies in New Zealand. For the workers of the New Zealand Labor Party and these New Zealand individuals, the benefits definitely outweigh the disadvantages.

They can also clearly see that it is impossible to achieve rapid rise by relying on New Zealand's own development alone.

Even imitating the development model of Australia is absolutely impossible.Because Australia has the support of Arthur, as well as technical and financial assistance from the United Kingdom and Germany.

But what about New Zealand?As the self-governing colonial government of the British Empire, after the realization of food itself, the British Empire basically did not help New Zealand.

Even part of New Zealand's income and resources were sent to the British Empire, which is why New Zealand's development has been tepid.

With the British Empire deeply mired in the European arms race, it is impossible to rely on the British Empire for help.

Instead of pinning our hopes on the British Empire, which has been sucking blood from New Zealand, we should put our hopes on United Australia.

At least Australia is close to New Zealand, and has a similar history and common blood with New Zealand.

Subsequently, the Senate determined the next plan, which is to count the poor population in New Zealand, and help the Royal Relief Committee to provide work-for-work relief, so that these poor and unemployed people can quickly put into work, at least some A little money to meet your own living needs.

This is a matter that is directly related to their own interests. Whether it is the Coalition Party, the New Zealand Labor Party, or individual candidates, they are all very excited and active in this regard.

Arthur also agreed to donate £200 million to New Zealand as the Duke of Australia to help New Zealand develop better.

Of course, this sum of money will be handed over directly to the New Zealand government and supervised by the Senate.

Although it is funds used to win people's hearts, it does not mean that Arthur is completely at ease in handing over these funds to the New Zealand colonial government.

As the Duke of Australia, Arthur could not stay in New Zealand all the time.The future supervision work will indeed be handed over to the Senate, allowing them to serve as Arthur's eyes to supervise the New Zealand colonial government.

When the people of New Zealand are almost won over, Arthur will let the two political parties take the opportunity to instigate a referendum in New Zealand, and then the annexation of New Zealand will be successful.

This is a long-term plan, and Arthur is not in a hurry. After all, he still has nearly 20 years to complete this plan.

As long as Arthur is the governor of New Zealand, no one can stop New Zealand from approaching Australia.

After the session of the Senate, Arthur summoned Grant Wilson again at the Governor's Palace.

At this time, Grant Wilson was already in high spirits, with a respectful smile on his whole face.

With the establishment of the Senate, Grant Wilson has become one of the hottest figures in New Zealand. Although the power and status are not at the top of New Zealand, compared to the previous small mayor, he has also gained a huge amount. improvement.

Of course, Grant Wilson naturally understood who brought all of this to him, so when he looked at Arthur, his eyes showed great respect.

"Your Highness, I have followed your order to let all members of the Coalition Party hype the superiority of being united with Australia within their control. At the same time, we are trying our best to find people who have a good impression of Australia to join us, Not only can it expand the size of the Coalition Party, but it can also speed up our plans." Grant Wilson said with a smile on his face.

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