 The A.L.P.applied to the Court of Disputed Returns to have the Adelaide election results overturned on various grounds, but failed.In June 1934 the three South Australian Labor parties (A.L.P., Parliamentary Labor Party and Lang Labor) achieved a degree of unity, one of the prices of which was the re-admission of all expelled members, and Doug rejoined, but was disenfranchised in August 1935 when he refused to pay the amount of "sustentation fee" (a levy on A.L.P.