Battle Of The Banks

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After the Second World War, Labor Prime Minister Ben Chifley embarked on a radical plan to replace Australia's century-old banking system with a single national bank. The proposal passed into legislation in 1947, igniting a nationwide wave of resistance. Australia's banking industry launched media campaigns, legal challenges, and coast-to-coast protests to defeat the move. Opposition Leader Robert Menzies and the new Liberal Party opposed the takeover. They harnessed the fury over bank nationalisation to win the first in a series of election triumphs that lasted almost a quarter of a century. Battle of the Banks is the story of the politicians, media magnates, ad men, cartoon characters, feminists, community stirrers and bank clerks who saved Australian banking.

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9781923267275
Published: March 2025

Number of pages: 242
Width: 152 mm
Height: 229 mm
Depth: not specified

Publisher: Australian Scholarly Publishing