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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1974

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Economy In By-Election

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 June 1974 · page 1

The Federal Government’s handling of the national economy will be a major issue in the…

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Message to candidates “Be Prepared to Declare Estate Holdings”: Ald

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 July 1974 · page 3

“Any candidate for the City Council elections in Queanbeyan in September should be rejected by the people unless the candidate is prepared to declare personal real estate holdings,” says Ald. Frank…

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Letters to the Editor Confident Over the By-election

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 10 July 1974 · page 2

Sir, — The State Government must be very confident of a Liberal-Country Party victory in the forthcoming Goulburn by-election. I refer to the “Age”…

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Voluntary voting in local election

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 10 July 1974 · page 11

Queanbeyan residents will go to the polls in the triennial local government elections in September, with voluntary voting. The Member for…

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Our first Knight Sir Murray to Seek Election

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 July 1974 · page 1

Queanbeyan could have its first City Council alderman who is a Knight of the Realm after the September 21 local government elections. The man who has been official…

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“ Lack of co-operation" Dermid Says Election Serves Notice of the Change in This State

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 July 1974 · page 9

“Tomorrow's by-election in Goulburn services notice of change that will come throughout NSW in 1976. It will serve notice that the…

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Letters to the Editor Alp not endorsing council candidate

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 2 August 1974 · page 2

Sir, — I noticed with interest that in your recent article on the forthcoming municipal elections (Age, July 26) you said it was “understood that candidates representing the ALP” would be…

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Younger candidates for council needed

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 9 August 1974 · page 7

Younger men and women should be encouraged to seek election to the Queanbeyan City Council, says former candidate and longtime resident in the…

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City Council elections All Aldermen Are Standing

Queanbeyan Age · Monday 19 August 1974 · page 1

All nine sitting aldermen have indicated they will be nominating for reelection at the local government elections for Queanbeyan City Council on…

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City Council elections Real Estate Men Stand

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 21 August 1974 · page 1

More than 20 candidates are expected to stand for the 12 seats on Queanbeyan City Council…

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Candidate sees ... 22% of voters as a vote of confidence

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 August 1974 · page 4

Mayor Fred Land’s statement that about 22% of voters went to the last City Council polling booths is seen as a vote of confidence in the council by candidate David Crowther…

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Twenty-three City Candidates

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 August 1974 · page 3

Twenty-three candidates have nominated for 12 positions on Queanbeyan City Council at the September 21 election, representing a wide cross section of the community…

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Obituary Grazed sheep on parliament site

Queanbeyan Age · Monday 26 August 1974 · page 7

A Queanbeyan man who grazed sheep on the site of Parliament House, Canberra, as a man, Mr. Edward Charles Blewitt, has the age of 80 years…

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Shire Council election... Candidates Slow to Nominate

Queanbeyan Age · Monday 26 August 1974 · page 1

Nominations are coming in slowly for the Yarrowlumla Shire Council…

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City Council elections “Pangallo Ban Is Offensive” Claims Agent

Queanbeyan Age · Monday 26 August 1974 · page 1

An angry Queanbeyan real estate agent today launched a bitter attack on City Council Aid. Frank Pangallo for his call to ban land agents from local government elections…

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Local government elections a Larger Council Is Necessary for Good Govt

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 28 August 1974 · page 17

“A 12-aldermen city council is necessary today for good government in Queanbeyan and will ensure that city business is more fully…

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Shire Council Elections in two Ridings

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 August 1974 · page 5

There will be ballots in two Ridings of Yarrowlumla Shire Council at the…

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Briefing for the Candidate

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 August 1974 · page 14

The NCDC will invite all Legislative Assembly candidates and members of party policy…

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Council elections Youth Should Have a Voice

Queanbeyan Age · Monday 2 September 1974 · page 7

One of the new can- City Council today told didates for election to the “Age” that he considered youth was entitled to some say in the…

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Letters to the Editor City Council elections “Don’t Publish Petty Nonsense”

Queanbeyan Age · Monday 2 September 1974 · page 2

Sir, — I have read with much interest the various editorials and letters in the “Age” concerning the coming local government elections. And, in my opinion, the attacks on occupations and…

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