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Jack Thomas Lang was an anti-communist yet still somewhat progressive politician in Australia from the 1920s to the 1940s who was a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP). He accomplished several things during his leadership of New South Wales (NSW) such as improving infrastructure, increased social programs, and somewhat pro-worker policies (including mandatory workers' compensation). He spoke out against wage slavery and attempted to abolish the undemocratic New South Wales Legislative Council. He also achieved universal suffrage for all citizens of NSW. His progressive policies almost ended up causing an Australian civil war in the 1930s. He also split from the main ALP several times due to disagreements with the party, creating Lang Labor and later the Australian Labor Party (Non-Communist).[1]