Believing that he had been defeated for re-election by a communist faction, this politician founded the short-lived Australian Labor Party (Non-Communist) in 1940. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this populist premier of New South Wales nicknamed “The Big Fella” who led multiple breakaway factions from the ALP throughout the 1930s. This politician’s 1932 dismissal led to a constitutional crisis.
ANSWER: Jack Lang [or John Thomas Lang; accept Lang Labor]
[10e] The Catholic Social Studies Movement split from the ALP to form the Australian Labor Party (Anti-Communist) and directed their voters instead to support this right-wing party led by Prime Minister Robert Menzies.
ANSWER: Liberal Party of Australia [or Liberals]
[10m] The Catholic Social Studies Movement formed during the term of this first postwar Labor Prime Minister. Many European immigrants came to Australia during this man’s term to work on the Snowy Mountains Scheme.
ANSWER: Ben Chifley [or Joseph Benedict Chifley]
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