The grand old squire of Nareen, he had a band of men. He marched them up to the top of the hill, and he marched them down again [Malcolm Fraser, Phillip Lynch, John Howard, Ian Sinclair, Ian Viner, Reginald Withers and Cliff Dolan (ACTU President) bringing up the rear. [picture] /

Title devised by cataloguer.; Published in the Canberra Times on 13 August 1981.; Part of the Pryor collection of cartoons and drawings. Talks between the Fraser government and the ACTU on wage moderation seem headed towards the rocks when concessions sought by the ACTU on tax, health charges and interest rates in the context of the coming budget seem sure to be rejected by the Government. Some see the whole exercise is a waste of time.--Information provided by Geoff Pryor.