Transcript 357
BUDGET, 1961
Speech in the House of Representatives by the Prime
Minister, the Rt. Hon. R. G. Menzies. 24th August, 1961
Sir I must be careful not to laugh. This debate has
been quite interesting. It has been very reminiscent of budget
debates that I have listened to for a long, long time. I have
heard some of it directly, and some of through the medium of the
wireless. I have learnt more things about myself than I ever
knew before. Not for the first time, but for about the twelfth
time, I have listened to honorable gentlemen on the Opposition