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Politics & elections, 1942

923 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 47

One Parliament Enough

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 May 1942 · page 7

MR. CURTIN should seek no compromise in connection with making the Commonwealth the sole taxing authority. The people are with him. The State Premiers are all out of step with public opinion. One…

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One Parliament Enough

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 May 1942 · page 7

MR. CURTIN should seek no compromise in connection with making the Commonwealth the sole taxing authority. The people are with him. The State Premiers are all out oi step with public opinion. One…

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One Parliament Enough

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 May 1942 · page 7

MR. CURTIN should seek no compromise in connection with making the Commonwealth the sole taxing authority. The people are with him. The State Premiers are all out of step with public opinion one…

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Federal Parliament House "Bomb Happy" Yesterday

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 May 1942 · page 5

CANBERRA, Tuesday.--Parliament did not sit yesterday, but there was considerable activity at Parliament House late in the afternoon when the House N.E.S. staff carried out realistic bomb raid tests…

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Mr. F. W. Duesbury Candidate for A.j.c. Committee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 May 1942 · page 8

Mr. F. W. Duesbury will be a candidate for the vacancy on the Australian Jockey Club committee, for which the election is to take place next…

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Rush To Introduce By-election Winner

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 May 1942 · page 3

LONDON, Monday.--Mr. W. J. Brown (Independent), who won the Rugby by-election, is embarrassed by the number of M.P.'s who want to…

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Candidates For Committee

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 May 1942 · page 8

Mr. F. W. Duesbery is a candidate for the vacancy, on the A.J.C. committee caused by the death of Mr. E. J. Watt…

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Conscription Plot Emphatically Defeated in Federal Parliament

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 6 May 1942 · page 1

THE anti-Labor move in the House of Representatives to unseat or at least embarrass the Government on the question…

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Evasion of the Hut Accommodation Act Labor Member Davidson Raises Question in Parliament Minister Says Act Will Be Enforced

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 6 May 1942 · page 5

IN The Worker last week we published an article setting out the frantic efforts being made by the N.S.W. Graziers'…

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Candidate's "Distrust" Of Churchill

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 6 May 1942 · page 6

LONDON, Wednesday.--Recalling that the independent candidate, Captain Bernard Acworth, petitioned members of…

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Candidate's "Distrust" Of Churchill

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 6 May 1942 · page 6

LONDON, Wednesday.--Recalling that the independent candidate, Captain Bernard Acworth, petitioned members of…

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Candidate's "Distrust" Of Churchill

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 6 May 1942 · page 6

LONDON, Wednesday.--Recalling that the independent candidate, Captain Bernard Acworth, petitioned members of…

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State Parliament to Be Prorogued Next Week

Daily Mirror · Thursday 7 May 1942 · page 1

THE Legislative Assembly will probably rise next week, when it is expected that all current legislation will have been passed on to the…

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State Parliament to Be Prorogued Next Week

Daily Mirror · Thursday 7 May 1942 · page 7

THE Legislative Assembly will probably rise next week, when it is expected that all current legislation will have been passed on to the…

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State Parliament to Be Prorogued Next Week

Daily Mirror · Thursday 7 May 1942 · page 7

THE Legislative Assembly will probably rise next week, when it is expected that all current legislation will have been passed on to the…

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State Parliament to Be Prorogued Next Week

Daily Mirror · Thursday 7 May 1942 · page 7

THE Legislative Assembly will probably rise next week, when it is expected that all current legislation will have been passed on to the…

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State Parliament to Be Prorogued Next Week

Daily Mirror · Thursday 7 May 1942 · page 1

THE Legislative Assembly will probably rise next week, when it is expected that all current legislation will have been passed on to the…

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Communists Urge Election Unity

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 May 1942 · page 6

LONDON, May 6 (A.A.P.).—Mr. Harry Pollitt, on behalf of the Communist Party, has written to the secretaries of the…

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Dubbo By-election on June 6

Daily Mirror · Thursday 7 May 1942 · page 5

THE Dubbo by-election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of the Country Party member (Mr. G. Wilson) will be held on June 6…

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Dubbo By-election on June 6

Daily Mirror · Thursday 7 May 1942 · page 3

THE Dubbo by-election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of the Country Party member (Mr. G. Wilson) will be held on June 6…

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