In Canberra Today From Our Columnist in Parliament House New Ministry Settling Down
New Ministers have been working up to 18 hours a day trying to overtake arrears of administrative work accumulated during elections and…
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Politics & elections, 1950
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The Shire Election
Ratepayers are wondering what action the Shire Council will take regarding the matter of the alleged refusal of the returning officer, Mr. C…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →By-elections in N.S.W. Liberal Unopposed for Wollondilly Seat
Mr. Blake Pelly, the Liberal candidate, was yesterday declared elected unopposed for the Wollonlilly seat in the Legislative Assembly. His was the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →First Blood Drawn Rowdy Election Meeting LONDON, Tuesday (A.A.P.)
The first real blood in the general election campaign was drawn in Glasgow last night when Scottish Home Rulers and Socialist supporters clashed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In Canberra Today From Our Columnist in Parliament House Shrewd Old Man Gets Results
Dr. Earle Page has seized the spotlight this week. After appearing briefly in the publicity glare himself as the attacker of the national…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In Canberra Today From Our Columnist in Parliament House Giving the Pound More Value
All this week Prime Minister Menzies and a committee of Ministers and Government advisers have been making the first serious inroads…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In Canberra Today From Our Columnist in Parliament House Labour to Face Early Banking Challenge
Banking will be among the first items of contentious argument when the new Parliament assembles. By the middle of March the Labour…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In Canberra Today From Our Columnist in Parliament House Fadden’s Triumph on Petrol Policy
Victory and delight for Treasurer Artie Fadden has marked the recent Canberra days. At long last petrol rationing has been abolished and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British Election Labour Expects Majority LONDON, Tuesday (A.A.P.)
Beth Labour and Conservative Parties are confident of Thursday’s election result, and the former predict a clear majority following a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In Canberra Today From Our Columnist in Parliament House Government Talks with Unionists
Prime Minister Menzies and Labour and Immigration Minister Harold Holt took the initiative this week to ease the difficulties which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Election of Secretary
On being nominated for the position by Mr. Garbutt, last year's secretary, Mr. H. Rex, said he would prefer not to act this year as he could not devote…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →British Labour Party Told to Prepare for Another Election LONDON, Tuesday (A.A.P.)
The Deputy Prime Minister, Mr. Herbert Morrison, told the United Kingdom Labour Party at Jubilee celebrations in London they would…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In Canberra Today From Our Columnist in Parliament House History Turns Federation’s New Page
History has turned, a new page and the Australian Federation has entered a new period of political history. In the nineteenth Parliament…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In Canberra Today From Our Columnist in Parliament House Trial Gallops Nearly Over
Trial gallops of the new members are nearlly over. The Parliament is clearing the track for legislative acts as part of the race between the value…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In Canberra Today From Our Columnist in Parliament House Drift to War Can Be Halted
The new Federal Government is convinced, after studying all the secret evidence from London, Washington and Moscow that the drift towards…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In Canberra Today From Our Columnist in Parliament House Old Jealousies Buried
Tempo of the 19th Parliament is increasing as Prime Minister R.G. Menzies sustains and intensifies the loyalties in his Cabinet and rallies…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In Canberra Today From Our Columnist in Parliament House Labour Devides Into Two Sections
Two sections of the Labour Opposition are rapidly taking shape. Decision to challenge the new Government in the Senate by trying to embarrass…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →DR. D. F. MARTYN Election as Fellow of Royal Society
Dr. David F. Martin, Chief Scientific Officer of the C. S. I. R. O. Radio Research Board, has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In Canberra Today From Our Columnist in Parliament House Stormy Climax As Parliament Adjourns
Stormy sittings marked the closing days of the House of Representatives before the Easter adjournment. Members return on April 19th…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In Canberra Today From Our Columnist in Parliament House Lull Before New Political Storms
Parliament is closed and not one Minister remains in Canberra—a situation unknown in the National Capital for very many years. It is…
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