thumb|Study of NSW Premier, Jack Lang, in his office In 1930, more than one in five adult males in New South Wales were without a job. Australian governments responded to the Depression with measures that, Lang claimed, made circumstances even worse - cuts to government spending, civil service salaries and public works cancellations. Lang vigorously opposed these measures and was elected in a landslide in October 1930.
thumb|Study of NSW Premier, Jack Lang, in his office In 1930, more than one in five ad,ult males in New South Wales were without a job. Australian governments responded to the Depression with measures that Lang claimed, made circumstances even worse - cuts to government spending, civil service salaries and public works cancellations. Lang vigorously opposed these measures and was elected in a landslide in October 1930.