Scullin
Proper noun
Meaning
Scullin (plural Scullins)
A surname.
Examples
Jim Scullin preferred to live at the Hotel Canberra (now the Hyatt Hotel); Ben Chifley lived in the Hotel Kurrajong ; and John Howard made Kirribilli House in Sydney his primary residence, using The Lodge when in Canberra on official business.
Claiming that the Scullin government was incapable of managing the economy, it offered traditional deflationary economic policies in response to Australia's economic crisis.
Some gravitated to New South Wales Premier Lang, others to Prime Minister Scullin.
In 1930, King George V and the Australian Prime Minister James Scullin discussed the appointment of a new governor-general to replace Lord Stonehaven, whose term was coming to an end.
In office, Lyons followed the same conservative financial policy he had advocated during the Scullin government, cutting public spending and debt. citation He benefited politically from the gradual worldwide recovery that took place after 1932.
In parliament on 13 March 1931, though still a member of the ALP, Lyons supported a no confidence motion against the Scullin Labor government.