By tradition Darling firmly thought that only private enterprise could produce prosperity and a well balanced economy. Into the s he had been friendly with, though perhaps perhaps perhaps not uncritical of, Sir Robert Menzies.
As a personal resident he contributed time, power and funds to conservative politicians, plus in he had been a creator and council-member regarding the Institute of Public Affairs. The Labor government’s plan to take over airways, banks and insurance companies, or at least to retain existing wartime controls at the end of Darling noted with […]