Whilst financial editor of the Daily Telegraph he attacked restrictive immigration laws .
He fought against the policy in the state parliament and later in the Senate , where he was one of the few to oppose the 1901 Immigration Restriction Act .
Whilst financial editor of the Daily Telegraph he attacked restrictive immigration laws , and he fought against the policy in the state parliament and later in the Senate , where he was one of the few to oppose the 1901 Immigration Restriction Act .