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Slim opens Australian Parliament with defence focus
Governor General Sir William Slim attends the 21st Federal Parliament opening in Canberra, signaling the defence and development agenda ahead. The piece notes Slim’s cautious view of Australia’s security needs amid Indo Chinese tensions and rising defence talk at Yarralumla. It highlights wheat policy moves by McEwen and Menzies, and hints at a shrinking political timeline ahead with another Senate election in 1956 as the Olympic Games loom.
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