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Deficit grows amid Western Australia budget clash
The Kalgoorlie Miner reports rapid debt rise since Wilson and Lefroy ministries, with February 1918 revenue up but spending up more, pushing 1917-18 deficit toward 1,300,000,000. Critics urge economy over taxation, highlighting cabinet splits and resistance from public sectors to cutbacks.
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Lefroy
Scaddan
Wilson
Colonial Treasurer
Gardiner
Colonial Treasurer’s Department
West Australia
Tiisman
Messrs Lefroy
Colebatch
Cokbatch
Mr Gardiner
Public Works Department
Education
Mines Department
Geological Section
Observatory
Rottnest
Kalgoorlie