Chapter 584 New Cabinet Government

As time entered 1923, the cabinet election gradually heated up.

As a grand event held every four years in Australasia, the cabinet election has attracted much attention from people at home and abroad, and often attracts a large number of domestic and foreign media.

Unlike the general elections in other countries, Arthur participated in all the policies formulated by the Australasia government.

This also means that as long as Arthur is there, the basic style of the policies formulated by the Australasia government will not change, and the people will have nothing to worry about.

The most hotly discussed issue at present should be the political achievements of the fifth cabinet government from mid-1919 to 1923.

This is an advantage that some members of the cabinet government want to seek re-election. It has been published and reprinted by a large number of newspapers and media in recent times, and is almost known to the vast majority of Australasia people.

During these four years, the population of Australasia increased from 20.2 million in 1919 to 25.27 million in 1923, with a net population increase of more than 5.07 million, which is considered to be maintained at a qualified level.

The population growth is not as fast as before. One of the important reasons is that the government has taken the initiative to reduce the number of immigrants from Russia, firstly to ensure that there will be no more Soviet Russian forces infiltrating, and secondly to ensure the proportion advantage of British immigrants.

At present, among the 25.27 million people in Australasia, the number of British immigrants is as high as 3%, which is still a considerable advantage compared with the proportion of 4% of Russian immigrants and 1% of German immigrants.

Keeping the proportion of British immigrants above 50% is what successive governments should do while maintaining rapid population growth.

Although this has limited the population growth of Australasia to a certain extent, it cannot reach the population growth value of nearly 2 million in previous years.

But such population growth is more stable for Australasia. After all, the stability of a country is greater than the simple population figure.

According to the current trend of Australasia's population growth, the population should reach more than 30 million before 1930.

If the war breaks out after 1935, Australasia can even have a population of nearly 40 million to deal with this war.

A population of 40 million not only represents millions of huge manpower, but also can greatly improve Australasia's industry and economy, ensuring that Australasia can get a considerable part of the benefits distribution during and after the war.

In terms of industry, at the beginning of this cabinet government, Australasia's total steel production value was 50,000 tons and 10,000 tons respectively.

After four years of long development, Australasia's total steel production has reached 20,000 tons and 90,000 tons, with actual growth of 70,000 tons and 80,000 tons respectively.

This growth rate is still relatively small compared to some powerful countries, but the most important reason for the slowdown in growth is that Arthur took into account the Great Depression that affected the whole world in history and ordered the government to develop industry in accordance with the actual needs of the country.

At present, Australasia's 25 million population can only support these industrial consumption. Even if the total steel production is expanded to tens of millions of tons, the consumption capacity of the people is limited, and the consumption capacity of the country is also limited. Too much production will become a burden and even aggravate the outbreak of the economic crisis.

Arthur didn't want Australasia to be the main outbreak country of the Great Depression. The Great Depression set the US economy and industry back decades, and Arthur didn't want to suffer this kind of pain at all.

Not only should we avoid becoming the main outbreak country, but we should also avoid the damage to the Australasia economy and industry caused by the possible Great Depression.

No matter what kind of damage this incident has brought to other countries, this incident should be avoided as much as possible in Australasia.

What the people are more concerned about is actually the economic growth of Australasia.

The growth of population and industry has not made much difference to the lives of ordinary people, but the real economy, which actually represents the consumption level and economic income of the people.

In 1919, the GDP of Australasia was only 0.32 billion Australian dollars, which was a certain distance from Italy.

But according to the latest data, the GDP of Australasia has reached 61.5 billion Australian dollars, which has exceeded Italy and is still growing continuously.

The average income of the people has increased by more than 8% overall. Although it lags far behind the growth of per capita income in other countries, this happened without much depreciation of the Australian dollar.

The purchasing power of one franc before the war is different from that of one franc after the war, but compared with one Australian dollar before the war and one Australian dollar after the war, one Australian dollar now is more valuable.

It seems that the performance of this cabinet government is indeed good, but because of the rigid regulations on the term of office of the cabinet government, there are still many people who want to change their positions this time.

For example, the current Prime Minister Kent, after successfully serving two terms as Prime Minister, can only bid farewell to the position of Prime Minister. Either compete for other cabinet positions, or choose to take a temporary break for a while and compete for the Prime Minister of the seventh cabinet government four years later.

There is also Raul Prange, who has been successfully re-elected as Minister of Defense for three terms. He can either go further or bid farewell to the cabinet government temporarily.

However, even if cabinet members like this who have been successfully re-elected and have good performance lose the right to re-election and choose to retire, Arthur will never treat them unfairly.

Even if Prime Minister Kent and Minister Raul choose to retire now, the person who can succeed them is at least the baronial title.

Even because of the special nature of Prime Minister Kent, as a hero of World War I, he may become the first earl in the history of Australasia and reach the pinnacle of Australasia's aristocracy.

In the expectation of everyone, in June 1923, the election of the new cabinet government of Australasia officially began.

Arthur did not choose to grant a cabinet member a special right to continue to serve, after all, such a right would destroy the harmony between the political arena and damage Arthur's prestige.

Now is neither a war period nor a special period, so there is no need to make such an exception.

It is precisely because of this that the candidates for the new sixth cabinet government have ushered in a huge change compared with the previous one.

Outside the House of Representatives, under the expectant eyes of the people, the candidates for the new cabinet government were officially announced:

First Minister (Prime Minister): Roger Joseph Ebert

Secretary of State (Deputy Prime Minister): Raul Prange

Archbishop: Steed Malbranque

Chancellor: Monte Browne

Speaker of the House of Representatives: Grant Wilson

Secretary of the Crown: Ajedine Blanc

Secretary of Defense: Thomas Johnson

Secretary of Finance: Hunter Monsey Rollon

Secretary of Industry: Joey Mellor

Secretary of Agriculture: Mark Redell

Secretary of People's Livelihood: Ludgar David

Secretary of Transport: Martin Pospisil

Secretary of Law and Order: Melen Angelo

Secretary of Health: Deshon Burriggs

Secretary of Education: Kylo Jefferson

Secretary of Foreign Affairs: Kylo Jefferson

The changes in this new cabinet list are not small. From the Prime Minister to the Cabinet Ministers, a large number of new faces have been welcomed, and many old people have left.

First of all, the highest leader of the cabinet government, the Chief Minister, Prime Minister Kent, decided to take a break after careful consideration.

This also means that Kent, who has served as a cabinet minister since the early days of the establishment of the Principality of Australia, has lived as a civilian for the first time as a non-cabinet member after 23 years.

Of course, in fact, Kent is not a civilian now. As early as the previous enfeoffment, Kent was enfeoffed as a baron because of his own merits.

As one of Arthur's most trusted people, Prime Minister Kent made great contributions to Arthur during his 23-year term as a cabinet member and was one of the greatest contributors to Australasia.

His father, Butler Kent, also made great contributions to Arthur. Coupled with the Lauren family's loyalty to the royal family, no matter when the enfeoffment ceremony was held, Prime Minister Kent's earldom should not be lost.

This is also the decision and choice made by Arthur after learning that Prime Minister Kent would not run for the new cabinet position.

The first earldom in Australasia was granted to Kent, which was reasonable and Kent was the most worthy of this title.

The new cabinet prime minister is Roger, the deputy prime minister of the fourth and fifth cabinets. The new prime minister Roger is also very experienced. He was the finance minister of the first and second cabinet governments and has served in the cabinet government for 23 years.

Roger was elected as prime minister, in addition to his high prestige in the political arena, it was also Arthur's choice to compensate the local forces in Australasia.

After all, the local Australasian talents are the basic base of Arthur's rule. Although Arthur believes more in talents like Prime Minister Kent, they are British people who followed Arthur to Australasia, and they belong to two factions with the local Australasian forces.

But in the final analysis, whether it is British immigrants or Australasians, tracing back to their roots, to put it bluntly, they are all immigrants from Britain to Australasia.

In addition to appeasing local forces, letting Roger serve as the new cabinet prime minister is also a very important reason to speed up the construction of the Australasian nation.

Raul, who has been re-elected as the Minister of Defense for three consecutive terms, has also taken a step forward and become the Minister of State of the new cabinet prime minister.

Although there is only one word difference, the power of the Minister of State is much greater than that of the Minister of Defense.

Moreover, since the establishment of the position of Minister of State in the Australasian Cabinet, the Minister of State has been elected as the Chief Minister when the cabinet prime minister changes.

Although this is due to Arthur's decision and a certain coincidence, the importance of the Minister of State to the entire cabinet government can also be seen.

Generally speaking, when the Prime Minister is on a visit, the Minister of State will exercise the Prime Minister's rights. In the event of any accident to the Prime Minister, the Minister of State will directly succeed as Prime Minister until the next cabinet government election.

Although serving as the Minister of State is equivalent to having a great hope of running for the next Prime Minister, this position is a journey that can only go forward and not backward for the current Deputy Prime Minister Raul.

Either take a step forward and become the prime minister of the next cabinet government, or retire and leave your own legend in the political arena.

The new chief justice, Monte Browne, is still a native Australasian, which is also the current trend in Australasian politics.

Because the cabinet government has very strict rules for running for election, only those who have lived in Australasia for more than 15 years and have no criminal history can run for the House of Representatives.

Cabinet members will also be elected from the candidates nominated by the House of Representatives and Arthur, which also means that in order to become a member of the Australasian cabinet, in addition to obtaining Arthur's nomination, you must first live in Australasia for more than 15 years.

It is worth mentioning that Hunt, who has served as Minister of Royal Affairs for three terms, was nominated by Arthur as a candidate for Chancellor of the Exchequer, and was then successfully elected as the Minister of Finance of the new cabinet government.

This is also a smart point for the members of the House of Representatives. Although Arthur nominated three people at the same time, only Hunt was mentioned by Arthur, which actually shows Arthur's attitude.

The members of the House of Representatives naturally understood this, which also made Hunt become Chancellor of the Exchequer without any pressure.

As the younger brother of Prime Minister Kent and the son of Kent's butler, Arthur still attaches great importance to the cultivation of Hunt's ability.

If nothing unexpected happens, Hunt should be the next royal butler, and will also control the management of the royal consortium.

In this case, it is still very important to cultivate Hunter's ability. However, Hunter's academic qualifications are not bad. After graduating from a British university, he studied for several years at various universities in Australasia. He also assisted Kent's butler in managing the royal finances as Minister of Royal Affairs. His ability in economics is still beyond doubt.

After becoming Chancellor of the Exchequer, the position of Minister of Royal Affairs fell into the hands of Ajedine Blank.

The name Ajedine Blank looks unfamiliar, but he is one of the think tanks behind the management of the Royal Consortium, the main assistant of Kent Butler, and Arthur's confidant.

Positions like Chancellor of the Exchequer should still be controlled by Arthur, but Ajedine Blank is a novice in politics after all, and it is not good to take on such a heavy burden as Chancellor of the Exchequer at the beginning. It is most reasonable to choose Minister of Royal Affairs for transition.

If nothing unexpected happens, Ajedine Blank should be the candidate for the next Chancellor of the Exchequer, and this is also Arthur's carefully selected confidant.

The candidate for the new Minister of Defense is very simple. After Minister Raul became Deputy Prime Minister, the most qualified military official to serve as Minister of Defense is Thomas, the former commander of the First Guard Division.

Fortunately, Minister of Industry Joy, Minister of Transport Martin and Minister of Foreign Affairs Dezer, the three of them successfully won re-election and can still stay in the new cabinet government.

The agricultural, livelihood, public security, medical and education departments all have new managers. Except for the new Minister of Agriculture Mark Redell, who has served as Minister of Agriculture, all others are fresh blood in the cabinet government. This is what Arthur hopes to bring fresh vitality to the cabinet government and keep the government radical.

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