The Non-Obstructionist

Mr. Charlton, M.H.R., said yesterday that no fair minded person could say that the Labor party obstructed the Government. Later Mr. Earlie said declared that the Country Party had never been guilty of obstructive tactics.

Obstruct? Not yet!
Why all this fuss?
These silly accusations
Give us much pain:
We've sought to gain
By straining our relations,
We merely swiped them on the jaw
Because they ought to make a law.

If we do seek
One day a week
To raise a little ruction,
And start to rouse
Within the House,
You can't call that obstruction,
We simply banged them in the eyes
Because election time is nigh.

We never feel
The nation's weal
Demands our keen devotion;
And that is why
For motives high
We move the censure motion.
Obstruction? Nay! We only smite
The Government to put them right.

We're men of peace
Who never cease
To plead for keen, cool reason,
And advocate
The calm debate
Both in and out of season.
We only bash them now and then
To show who are real earnest men.

Obstruction? What?
It's silly rot!
This charge is unexpected.
No Government
Is heaven-sent:
They have to be corrected.
We merely smash their faces in
To teach them consciousness of sin.