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Politics & elections, 1943

2,050 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 103

Water Board Elections

The St George Call · Friday 12 March 1943 · page 2

These elections take place on the 13th April. The electors are the aldermen and shire councillors in the area served by the Board. It would be better if the…

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Rush Federal Election Now Possible

Daily Mirror · Friday 12 March 1943 · page 1

CANBERRA, Friday.-- As a result of the deadlock between the House of Representatives and the Senate on the bill to impose £40,000,000 additional income taxation, a crisis has been precipitated, and a rush…

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Rush Election Is Now Possible

Daily Mirror · Friday 12 March 1943 · page 1

CANBERRA, Friday.-- As a result of the deadlock between the House of Representatives and the Senate on the bill to impose £40,000,000 additional income taxation, a crisis has been precipitated, and a rush…

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Rush Federal Election Now Possible

Daily Mirror · Friday 12 March 1943 · page 1

CANBERRA, Friday.--As a result of the deadlock between the House of Representatives and the Senate on the bill to impose £40,000,000 additional income taxation, a crisis has been precipitated, and a rush…

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Re-election Of Three Football Officers

The Sun · Saturday 13 March 1943 · page 5

Annual meeting of the NSW Australian Football League will be held at the Sports Club on Monday night…

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Strong Labor Move for Election on Tax Issue Attempts To Solve Deadlock

The Sun · Saturday 13 March 1943 · page 3

CANBERRA, Saturday.--A strong section of the Labor Party favors an application to the Governor-General (Lord Gowrie) for dissolution of the…

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Talk Of General Election

Truth · Sunday 14 March 1943 · page 18

CANBERRA, Saturday.—A question which Federal Ministers are considering this weekend is whether the next step in the clash…

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Way out sought to Tax Bill deadlock; hope of avoiding election CANBERRA

The Sun · Sunday 14 March 1943 · page 2

Way out of the present impasse between the Government and the Senate is being sought over the week-end. Possibility of a dissolution of the House of Representatives and an election is not entirely ruled out, but sober…

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Election Possibility. Mountain From Molehill Senate Strength and Weakness

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 March 1943 · page 4

There is only one Marquess of Queensberry rule to guide public opinion, now called on to referee the fiercest political fight of this Parliament. That rule is whether the matters at issue between the Government's majority in the House of…

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The Sydney Morning Herald. Monday, March 15, 1943 No Grounds for an Election

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 March 1943 · page 4

Tempers should have had time to cool, and national interests an opportunity to assert their claims, since, with the…

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Cabinet Divided On Election Issue

The Sun · Monday 15 March 1943 · page 3

CANBERRA, Monday.--Opinion was divided about fifty-fifty in the Federal Cabinet today on the advisability of forcing an election issue from the present clash between the Government and the Senate on the Income Tax Bill…

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"Election Disservice to Country"

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 March 1943 · page 5

A general election on the issue of procedure between the House of Representatives and the Senate would be a grave…

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This Is No Issue For An Election

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 March 1943 · page 8

THERE could be no justification for resolving the deadlock in the Federal Parliament with an…

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Government May Force Election On Taxation

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 March 1943 · page 7

CANBERRA, Monday.--Although desperate efforts are being made to reach a compromise on the deadlock between the Government and the Senate on the Income…

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Western News A.l.p. State Council Pre-selection Candidates

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 17 March 1943 · page 3

Candidates for the Robertson and Senate pre-selection ballots addressed a large attendance of delegates to the…

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State Elections

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 17 March 1943 · page 2

IT is confidently predicted that the State elections for both the Assembly arid the Legislative Council will take place on June 12. The franchise is…

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Tension at Canberra Possibilities of an Early Election

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 17 March 1943 · page 1

THE Senate at Canberra is riding the high horse once more, and has forced what amounts to a deadlock over the…

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Parliament Discusses MacARTHUR'S STATEMENT

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 March 1943 · page 1

CANBERRA, Thursday.--The House of Representatives today discussed a statement attributed to General MacArthur that strategy before his arrival in this country was defeatist and fatal to Australia's safety. WHEN Mr. Calwell (Lab., Vic.)…

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Parliament Discusses MacARTHUR'S STATEMENT

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 March 1943 · page 1

CANBERRA, Thursday.--The House of Representatives today discussed a statement attributed to General MacArthur that strategy before his arrival in this country was defeatist and fatal to Australia's safety. WHEN Mr. Calwell (Lab., Vic.)…

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Sewer Tunnels As Shelters. Questions in Parliament

The Propeller · Thursday 18 March 1943 · page 1

Questions were asked in Parliament last Thursday by Alderman J. F. McGrath, M.L.A. for Rockdale, about the Government's attitude…

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