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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1949

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Country Press the Sheet Anchor of Liberty. Senate Candidate Gives A.l.p. Advice

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 12 April 1949 · page 4

Labour candidate for the Senate, Mr. P. Grace, of Yanco, gave the Temora A.L.P. some advice at the annual meeting of that branch a few…

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In Canberra Today From Our Columnist in Parliament House Behind Soundproof Doors

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 15 April 1949 · page 2

Parliament House has been silent in the last few days; but behind the green beige soundproof doors of the Cabinet room alongside the…

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In Canberra Today From Our Communist in Parliament House Communist Purge Dominates Politics

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 22 April 1949 · page 2

Opposition Leader, R. G. Menzies, has made Labour Ministers more Communist - conscience. His triumphal tour of the most difficult…

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Anzac Day Election Year Ex-Servicemen Asses Rehabilitation Progress

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 26 April 1949 · page 2

For thousands of “diggers” of World Wars I. and II.,. the Anzac Day period offers opportunities for memorial services, for reunions, and…

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In Canberra Today From Our Columnist in Parliament House “Say Nothing—do Nothing”

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 29 April 1949 · page 2

Acting Prime Minister E.J. Hollowed is exercising all his caution during the absence of Prime Minister Chifley. Weekly…

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In Canberra Today From Our Columnist in Parliament House Defence Chiefs to Review London Talks

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 May 1949 · page 2

Australian and New Zealand defence chiefs are sighing with some relief at the outcome of the British Commonwealth Conference…

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In Canberra Today From Our Columinist in Parliament House Indian Defence Involved More Talkes

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 13 May 1949 · page 2

India’s defence position, and Australia’s desire for a regional security pact in the southern hemisphere incorporating the Indian and Pacific…

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In Canberra Today From Our Columnist in Parliament House Chifeley Talks Behind Locked Doors

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 2

Labour’s super-Cabinet has been meeting here recently behind the looked doers of a private room in the Hotel Canberra. Prime…

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In Canberra Today Election Tactics As Parliament Resumes

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 27 May 1949 · page 2

Opposition members have returned to Canberra determined to arrest the relentless beat of time by making the two parties, Country…

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Country Press Protest Ban. on Electioneering Publicity

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 27 May 1949 · page 2

The Executive of the N.S.W. Country Press Association, at the quarterly meeting in Sydney this week, strongly protested against the proposed increase…

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The ‘Art’ of Budget Preparation Revelations in Federal Parliament

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 31 May 1949 · page 2

Although the Australian people are not at the present time being regaled with particulars of a national budget by the…

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The "Art" of Budget Preparation Revelations in Federal Parliament

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 3 June 1949 · page 4

Although the Australian people are not at the present time being regaled with particulars of a national budget by the Commonwealth Treasurer, a…

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The Coming Federal Elections Vital Mr. Fadden's Warning

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 3 June 1949 · page 1

"I cannot impress too strongly that the coming Federal election will be the most vital, the most momentous and the most unique…

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In Canberra Today From Our Columnist in Parliament House Chifley Plans Rest on Federation Dynamite

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 17 June 1949 · page 2

Petrol has exploded another wartime power and thrown the Chifley Ministry back on the mercy of the State Governments. One by one…

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In Canberra Today From Our Columnist in Parliament House Coal Spells Doom for Chifley

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 24 June 1949 · page 2

Coal may be the death knell of the Chifley Government. Defiance of the Coal Industrial Tribunal by the miners has been a sharp…

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Bill to Reduce Country Seats in State Parliament. "Death Knell" of Government. Says Col. Bruxner

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 28 June 1949 · page 4

The Parliamentary Electorates and Elections, (Amendment) Bill, which is now going through the State Parliament, was severely criticised by…

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Liberal Candidate for Canberra

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 June 1949 · page 2

Mr. M. J. Moir, president of the Canberra Chamber of Commerce, and managing director of Capitol Canberra Picture Theatre Ltd., was…

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In Canberra Today From Our Columnist in Parliament House Cracks in Labours Unity

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 July 1949 · page 2

First days of the coal strike will be remembered in Federal Labour circles long after the crisis ends. It produced the first cracks in the solid…

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Next Shire Election

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 12 July 1949 · page 2

We Understand that there is a movement on foot to have some new blood in Tallaganda Shire Council after next triennial elections which take place in…

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In Canberra Today From Our Columnist in Parliament- House Gloom in Canberra

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 15 July 1949 · page 2

Union representatives have failed in interviews, with Prime Minister Ben- Chifley and- other -Ministers, to get any promise of a compromise on…

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