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Politics & elections, 1936

2,362 stories in Sydney's papers · page 37 of 119

Federal Parliament in North Japanese Craft Govt. Watches Talks on Trade Canberra

The Sun · Friday 1 May 1936 · page 13

STRONG measures will be taken by the Federal Government to secure the enforcement of Commonwealth…

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State Parliament Serious Charges in House Dangers in Mines Emphasised Demand For Inquiry DEFEATED

The Labor Daily · Friday 1 May 1936 · page 8

NOT WITHSTANDING the grave charges made, the Government in the Legislative Assembly yesterday refused to…

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From the Gallery. Federal Parliament. New Tariff Duties. (From Our Special Representative.) Canberra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 May 1936 · page 10

The Senate agreed to-night to the motion for the second reading of the Customs Tariff Bill, and began the discussion in committee of the duties proposed in the schedule, which…

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Federal Parliament Tariff Debate in the Senate Cement Duties Position Appears Very Even Speeches Canberra

The Labor Daily · Friday 1 May 1936 · page 11

SPEECHES on the second reading of the Customs Tariff Bill in the Senate to-day, indicated that Senators were very evenly divided…

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Federal Parliament. Amendments to Income Tax Bill. Alterations in Electorates. Ottawa Obligations Emphasised in Senate. CANBERRA

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 May 1936 · page 12

Proposals for the redistribution of electoral boundaries in Victoria and Western Australia were embodied in motions submitted by the Minister for the Interior (Mr. Paterson) to the House of Representatives to-day. The debate on the matter was adjourned…

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French Election Blow to Hitler People’s Front Victory For Peace and Liberty

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 1 May 1936 · page 1

SYDNEY,—Yielding under the pressure of the unions, the Government altered its first decision not give food relief to those men…

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"Changes Needed" Maxwell On Cycling Elections

The Sun · Friday 1 May 1936 · page 2

"I AM still stopping in the cycling game, in spite of my defeat last night, and during the year I will endeavor to have some…

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Charges From an Election Several Arraigned Brisbane

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 May 1936 · page 2

In the police court case arising out of a plebiscite conducted to select a Labor candidate for a Brisbane by-election, Francis Martin Cleary, of…

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Federal Parliament £50 Deduction For Wife In Federal Tax CANBERRA

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 May 1936 · page 7

A NEW provision in the Federal Taxation Assessment will allow a deduction of £50 for a husband or wife maintained by a taxpayer, and will cost the Commonwealth £320,000 a year in revenue…

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Federal Parliament. Income Tax. Dental Expenses. Speeding-up in Industry. Labour Allegations. Canberra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 May 1936 · page 18

The House of Representatives to-day continued discussion of the Income Tax Assessment' Bill in Committee. The Government refused to accept an…

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Federal Parliament Cement Is Again Highlight Policy Issue Is Dodged Bitumen Move By Senator No Answer Canberra

The Labor Daily · Saturday 2 May 1936 · page 5

CEMENT duties were again prominent in the Senate today. The debate on the Customs Tariff Bill was continued…

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Beasley Exposes Vicious Speed-up Methods Creates Stir in Parliament Lame Excuse Of Govt. Waygood-otis Canberra

The Labor Daily · Saturday 2 May 1936 · page 1

WITHOUT seeking to defend the pernicious speed-up system initiated at their works at Waterloo by Waygood-Otis Ltd. or the transfer overseas of profits made in Australia under cover of the Commonwealth…

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Sussex By-election

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 May 1936 · page 3

LONDON, Friday.--A by-election in the Lewes Division of Sussex will be necessitated by the succession to the Peerage of Captain Loder,…

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Sixpences of the Women Parliament Halts Wage Commn. Obsolete System; Equal Pay Should Be Basis

Truth · Sunday 3 May 1936 · page 13

FOLLOWING the general outcry from the press and the masses, the State Government has been forced into doing the only thing that it was decently possible to do. It has, with most remarkable alacrity, introduced a Bill…

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Public Meeting To Discuss Clarice Kennedy's Olympic Omission Parliament, Athletes and Feminists Agree Shocking Attitude Of Union Needs Probing Building for the Future

Truth · Sunday 3 May 1936 · page 9

FOLLOWING the rare and unedifying exhibition of Olympic muddle and mess that has held Australia up as the laughing stock of the world, the time has now come for a clean sweep; a complete change in the methods of…

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University Men for Parliament

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 May 1936 · page 7

THE absence from Parliament of men and women holding University degrees was deplored by the Acting-Premier (Mr…

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40-Hour Week. Censure Motion To be Submitted This Week in Federal Parliament. Canberra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 May 1936 · page 9

The Labour party has decided to move in the House of Representatives this week a motion of censure against the Government for the alleged failure of…

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Manly By-election. Mr. V. J. Brady Elected. AN 18 Per Cent. Poll

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 May 1936 · page 9

A by-election took place at Manly on Saturday to fill the vacancy in the council caused by the resignation of Alderman C. W. Gourlay. Mr. V. J. Brady, a former alderman and…

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French Elections. Radical Vote the Key. (From Our Special Representative.) London, May 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 May 1936 · page 10

The Radical vote is the key to the French electloris, for which the second ballots are being held to-day. The leaders of the Popular Front are confident that the swing to…

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State Parliament Employment Premier's Remarks

The Sun · Tuesday 5 May 1936 · page 14

Reported statements made by the Premier (Mr. Stevens) in London on the subject of employment in New South Wales were described in…

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