In Canberra Today From Our Columnist in Parliament House Fuel Problem Fouls . Australian Production Programme
Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 March 1948 · page 2
Perilcus margin of coal supplies and the persistent shipping held -up continued to hinder Australian production this week . Prime Minister,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In Canberra Today From Our Columnist in Parliament House Ben Chifley with a Winning Card
Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 March 1948 · page 2
Prime Minister Chifley’s answer to the declaration that he is a hide-bound Socialist, whose Government is controlled through some unions by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In Canberra Today From Our Columnist in Parliament House Japanese Future Raises Questions
Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 March 1948 · page 2
Three comments on the uncertainty perpetuated by the failure of the world to decide on the future of Japan, were made in recent days…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In Canberra Today From Our Columnist in Parliament House Growing Australian Fears for Empire’s Future
Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 6 April 1948 · page 2
European events, especially affecting Trieste and the formation of a Western Union, are worrying the Government, because vital decisions…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In Canberra Today From Our Columnist in Parliament House Parliament Resumes with Querulous Members
Queanbeyan Age · Friday 9 April 1948 · page 2
Parliament this week has resumed with members minds alert with the ideas of the electors they have met during the Easter recess. Plans for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Federal Elections Two Ministers of Religion Seek Selection for Eden. Monaro
The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 13 April 1948 · page 2
Two ministers of religion are among the weight nominees for the Liberal Party selection for Eden-Monaro seat at the next Federal elections. They…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In Canberra Today From Our Columnist in Parliament House European Shadows Over Canberra
Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 April 1948 · page 2
European Shadows and doubts about more storms in Asia are shot through all debates in the House of Representatives. Communism’s…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Italian Election Christian Democrats Lead in Early Returns ROME, Tuesday (A.A.P.)
Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 20 April 1948 · page 1
Although figures represent only a small proportion of the electorate all senate results so far issued in the general election give a lead to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →In Canberra Today From Our Columnist in Parliament House Questions on Wheat
Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 April 1948 · page 2
Interesting moves are afoot on the bill to ratify the; International Wheat Agreement. The bill may be released before this dispatch is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In Canberra Today From Our Columnist in Parliament House Politicians Gaze Fearfully at One Another
Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 April 1948 · page 2
Electioneering banter has been obtruding into most debates again in the House of Representatives Advent of the bill to enlarge Parliament and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In Canberra Today From Our Columnist in Parliament House Wheat Growers Meet Pollard in Dungeons
Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 May 1948 · page 2
Argument about wheat has left Parliament until after the referendum “fight”, but a few days entered the dungeons below Commerce…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In Canberra Today From Our Columnist in Parliament House Parliament Closes While Members Scatter
Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 May 1948 · page 2
Federal Ministers have scattered to the far corners of the Commonwealth following a closing Parliamentary week in which housewives…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In Canberra Today From Our Columnist Jn Parliament House Labour Looks to Women
Queanbeyan Age · Friday 21 May 1948 · page 2
Labour politicians are counting on the vote of the womenfolk to carry the referendum.. The Government has a new advertising agency…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In Canberra Today From Our Columnist in Parliament House Chifley’s Worried Look
Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 May 1948 · page 2
Australian Ministerial efforts to induce the Allies to have an early Japanese Peace Conference prove unavailing. Even during the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local Polling
The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 1 June 1948 · page 2
Considerable interest was shown in Braidwood over the referendum, and voters poured into the polling booth and the Court House in a steady stream…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In Canberra Today From Our Columnist in Parliament House Action Before Next Vote
Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 June 1948 · page 2
Swift action by the Chifley Cabinet following the referendum defeat has left both Labour and Opposition members bewildered…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Eden-monaro Liberal Candidate Selected
The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 15 June 1948 · page 1
Eden-Monaro looks like being won handsomely by the Liberal Party at the next general elections. Mr. Denzil MacArthur Onslow, of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →In Canberra Today From Our Columnist in Parliament House Taxation Cuts Refused But Hopes High
Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 June 1948 · page 2
Prime Minister Ben Chifley has refused to give any promises of taxation cuts in the forthcoming budget, despite the pressure of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In Canberra Today From Our Columnist in Parliament House “Wait Until the Spring”
Queanbeyan Age · Friday 25 June 1948 · page 2
Unanimous Caucus support has been given to Prime Minister Ben Chifley and his Cabinet’s decision to pass as many as possible of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In Canberra Today From Our Columnist in Parliament House Federal Government Set Aside by States
Queanbeyan Age · Friday 2 July 1948 · page 2
Political history was made here the other day. For the first time since the 1890’s, heads of separate Governments on the Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →