Sept. 27 As Election Date? CANBERRA
It is understood that the Federal Cabinet to-day confirmed September 21 as the date of the election…
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Politics & elections, 1940
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Sydney City Council Seeks Election Sydney
By nine votes to eight the Sydney City Council to-day asked the Government to hold a municipal election on December 1, or as soon as possible…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Opening of Q'land Parliament
BRISBANE, Tuesday:— Following the Imperial practice in wartime, there was no ceremony at the opening of Parliament to-day. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Q'land Parliament Opened Brisbane
Opening the State Parliament to-day. the Governor (Sir Leslie Wilson), referring to the war effort, said that it was essential that the whole of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Election Date Sept. 21 Announced by Menzies
The Federal general elections will be held on Saturday, September 21. This was announced to the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Federal Election to Be Held Sept. 21
CANBERRA, Tuesday:— A Federal election; will be held on September 21, and the present session of Parliament will end to morrow or on Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →No Cabinet Members Outside Parliament CANBERRA
A proposal that public leaders outside Parliament should be appointed to the Federal Cabinet was rejected by the Prime Minister…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Joint U.A.P.-U.C.P. War Policy For Election Fight CANBERRA
GOVERNMENT parties will fight the election on a joint war policy following a decision by the Country Party to-day. The decision will obviate possible points of friction which might have caused confusion…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Coming Elections
The importance of the coming Federal election, its vital bearing upon the attainment of that unity within the National Parliament…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Common Policy for C.P. and U.A.P. Federal Election
CANBERRA, Wednesday: Both Government parties will face the Federal electors as adherents to a common policy…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Federal Elections:— Parties Prepare National Ins. in Menzies' Policy Speech Canberra
The 15th Commonwealth Parliament sat for the last time to-day. The Governor-General (Lord Gowrie) will formally assent to a dissolution of both Houses in Melbourne next…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Dyraaba Diggers Must Have a Candidate of Their Own!
At a largely attended meeting of the Dyraaba Returned Soldiers' sub-branch the other night it was decided to query the recently reported ruling that four…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Federal Election Sept. 21
CANBERRA: The Federal election will be held on September 21. Making this announcement in the House of Representatives…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Legislation Next Month? Postponement Local Govt. Elections Ballina
Advice that it was anticipated that draft legislation for the postponement of Local Government elections and by-elections during the war would…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Federal Election Writs Issued Next
Writs for the forthcoming Federal elections will be issued next Friday, August 30. and consequently the rolls to be used at the elections will be…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Blind Candidate for Croydon Sydney
Mr. David B. Hunter, 34 years old, who has been blind since he was six years of age, was to-night selected U.A.P. candidate for the Croydon seat…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →No Censorship on Election Speeches Canberra
No censorship will be imposed on political speeches of candidates for the Federal elections. The Prime Minister…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cabinet to Meet During Election Campaign
CANBERRA, Friday:—In the last regular Cabinet meeting before the elections, Ministers to-day completed arrangements for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Few Restrictions on Election Speeches
CANBERRA, Friday:—The Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) announced to-night that no censorship would be imposed by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Second War Session of South African Parliament
CAPE TOWN. Saturday:—Opening the second war session of Parliament, the Governor-General (Sir Patrick Duncan) made one of the shortest…
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