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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1952

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In Canberra Today From Our Columnist in Parliament House Menzies Evatt Fued Enters New Phase

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 15 August 1952 · page 2

Budget debate began in earnest on Tuesday. Opposition Leader, Dr. Evatt made the traditional censure of the Government’s economic policy…

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Rural Candidates Sought Liberal Nominations

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 19 August 1952 · page 4

The N.S.W. Liberal Party is calling for [?] 19 country seats. Sixteen are State seats and three ar eFrederal seats…

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In Canberra Today From Our Columnist in Parliament House Postal Charges Nearly Rose Again

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 22 August 1952 · page 2

The Prime Minister, Mr. R. G. Menzies, was annoyed. The Budget was generally well received. The business community was describing…

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Rural Candidates Sought Liberal Nominations

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 26 August 1952 · page 3

The N.S.W. Liberal Party is calling for nominations for 19 country seats. Sixteen are State seats and three Federal ones…

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In Canberra Today From Our Columnist in Parliament House Record Session Until November

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 29 August 1952 · page 2

Parliamentary tempo is rising. The Budget has been passed in the House of Representatives and Cabinet has announced a record number of 71…

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Loss of Country Seats in State Parliament Bruxner Accuses Government of Hypocrisy

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 5 September 1952 · page 2

The Leader of the Country Party (Lt.-Col. Bruxner) said in the Legislative Assembly that a laugh would go through the country districts of…

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In Canberra Today From Our Columnist in Parliament House Canberra Changes Loom Nearer

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 September 1952 · page 2

Dramatic changes were foreshadowed in Canberra with the sudden unexpected deaths of two politicians and the flare of temper which seered…

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In Canberra Today From Our Columnist in Parliament House Vice-segal Prestige Rises

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 September 1952 · page 2

Sir William Slim’s appointment as the Queen’s personal representative in Australia has lifted the prestige of the vice-regal office…

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In Canberra Today From Our Columnist in Parliament House Post-budget Exhaustion

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 September 1952 · page 2

Politicians have been suffering from post Budget exhaustion. They have been sending each other to sleep in both Houses. It was hard…

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In Canberra Today From Our Columnist in Parliament House Billy Revives History

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 26 September 1952 · page 2

Veteran sprightly Billy Hughes unwound himself from his amplifier wires the other day to march across the House of…

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In Canberra Today From Our Columnist in Parliament House Australia Firm on Anzus Pact

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 3 October 1952 · page 2

Australia believes the United Kingdom understands that Demand for inclusion of the British Government in the signatures to the Anzus…

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Flinders by Election

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 3 October 1952 · page 3

Any elector enrolled and qualified to vote for the Division of Flinders (Victoria) who will be absent from that Division at the date…

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In Canberra Today From Our Columnist in Parliament House Atomic Effects on Foreign Policyy

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 October 1952 · page 2

Australia’s atomic explosion will have reverberations in foreign offices throughout the world. First reaction of the Prime Minister, Mr…

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Queanbeyan’s Early Days By an Old Resident. Election Incident

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 October 1952 · page 3

The aboriginees were fairly numerous in the early days but gradually dwindled. The last of the local tribe was old Queen Nelly, who with her…

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IN Canberra Today From Our Columnist in Parliament House Political Team Applauded

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 17 October 1952 · page 2

The Prime Minister Mr. Menzies and the Treasurer Sir Arthur Fadden have become a closely knit political team. This was brought into focus…

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In Canberra Today From Our Columnist in Parliament House Flinders' Vote Shapes Federal Politics

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 24 October 1952 · page 2

Politics in Australia for the next 18 months will be shaped by electors in the outer Melbourne area of Flinders who last week-end gave the…

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In Canberra Today From Our Columnist in Parliament House New Phase of Federal Politics Opens

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 31 October 1952 · page 2

Flinders by-election defeat for the Menzies-Fadden Government opens a new phase of Federal politics. Labour is flushed by a victory which…

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In Canberra Today From Our Columnist in Parliament House. Parliament Adjourning

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 November 1952 · page 2

Federal Parliament will adjourn for the Christmas recess in a few days. Attention will then focus on the London economic conference which will…

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In Canberra Today From Our Columnist in Parliament House Minister Scattered by Menzies Logic

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 November 1952 · page 2

Unity in the Government parties was assured by the Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) on the eve of his departure for the London Economic…

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Aldermanic Election

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 18 November 1952 · page 2

Council resolved on the motion of Aid. Freebody and Beaver that the Town Clerk be appointed Returning Officer for the extraordinary…

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