 Complete the following phrase:  In 197475 the government began negotiations for US4 billion in foreign loans in order to fund state development of Australias mineral and energy resources. Minister Rex Connor conducted secret discussions with a loan broker from Pakistan, and the Treasurer, Jim Cairns, misled parliament over the issue. Arguing the government was incompetent following the Loans Affair, the opposition Liberal-Country Party Coalition delayed passage of the governments money bills in the Senate, until the government would promise a new election. Whitlam refused and the deadlock ended when his government was controversially 