 He secured his party's independence by refusing overtures to join the Nationalists and the UAP, and the policies that he favoured – decentralisation, agrarianism, and government support of primary industry – have remained the basis of its platform up to the present day.The coalitions that he established and maintained with Bruce and Lyons have served as a model for all subsequent coalition governments.Earle Christmas Grafton Page was born in Grafton, New South Wales, on 8 August 1880.