In October 1941, Arthur Coles and Alexander Wilson, the two independent MPs who had been keeping the Coalition in office since 1940 (first under Menzies, then under Fadden), joined forces with Labor in defeating Fadden's budget and bringing the government down.
V říjnu 1941 Arthur Coles a Alexander Wilson, dva nezávislí poslanci parlamentu, kteří udržovali koalici od roku 1940 (nejdříve pod Menziesem, poté pod Faddenem), spojili síly s labouristy a potopili Faddenův rozpočet, což znamenalo konec jeho vlády.