In years following the wall street collapse Australia was plunged into what would become the 'Great Depression' and the social and economic effects were felt enormously throughout the nation. Unemployment had reached over 450,000 in a population of 8 million. People were not only struggling to live but starving; soup kitchens, people receiving the dole and vagrants were the norm. The nation was plunged into crisis and in the political realm there were crises of their own. Governments were struggling to meet the demands of the unemployed nation and foreign debt collectors, they were struggling to formulate solutions and appease their fellow politicians.

From this unrest came Jack Lang who's fiery passion, commitment to workers, defiance against banks and debt collectors ... Showed first 120 words of 1313 Size (words) ...

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Lang running on his ideals of the Lang Plan introduced legislation to reduce interest payments within New South Wales to 3 per cent and then on 1 April 1931 defaulted on payments to British bondholders. On 13 May the governor Sir Philip Game dismissed the ministers and sent for a Mr. Stevens leader of the opposition and commissioned him to form a government. The Lang government had been dismissed and the following election resulted in a victory for the joint forces of the United Australia Party and the Country Party.

Jack Lang's stormy leadership, the Lang plan, defiance of the commonwealth and loan repayments had enormous effects on ...Essay still continues 100 more words...