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Politics & elections, 1945

1,253 stories in Sydney's papers · page 42 of 63

French Elections

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 September 1945 · page 3

PARIS, Sept. 6 (A.A.P.).—The French Cabinet adopted the voting plan for the new constitution favoured by General De Gaulle…

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Wrestling & parliament have stranglehold on radio public

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 9 September 1945 · page 7

New Zealand national radio stations attracted their biggest audiences when they broadcast either parliamentary debates or wrestling matches, Mr. C. G. Scrimgeour said in Canberra yesterday…

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CANADA One crazy hat in a parliament

The Sun · Sunday 9 September 1945 · page 3

Politically-encrusted Ottawa felt gallant toward Canada's new and only woman Member in the new Parliament which opened…

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We must be tough with Japan Don't be fooled by this fake Parliament

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 9 September 1945 · page 11

THERE has been some strange and dangerous double talk from Tokio about the Japanese Diet…

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Limelight on Politics Hope For More Tax Cuts Budget Envisages Terrific Expenditure Election Rumors Are Fatuous Liberals Lack Robust Policy Much Snivelling Over Lend-Lease Was Jealousy Behind Attack On Evatt?

Truth · Sunday 9 September 1945 · page 22

CHIEF political interest last week centred in the Budget. It was a matter of fact Budget, not…

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Demobilisation and the Budget Real Issues For Parliament

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 September 1945 · page 2

The target date which the Government has set itself for emergence from the present Parliamentary sittings into a really long recess is now supposed to be at the latest the end of the first week in October. But demobilisation and the Budget…

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Reactions to N.Z. Broadcasts From Parliament

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 September 1945 · page 5

CANBERRA, Tuesday.—New Zealanders not only listen keenly to broadcasts of their Parliament, but they send to…

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Manly By-election Candidates

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 September 1945 · page 5

The three candidates for the Manly by-election on September 15: Mr. E. D. Darby (left), Liberal candidate; Mr. A. HansonNorman, Labour; and Mr. J. P. D. Dunn, who will stand as a soldiers' candidate…

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County Council Candidate

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 12 September 1945 · page 2

The deputy-Mayor of Holroyd (Alderman W. Campbell) is a candidate for No. 6 Electorate seat in the Cumberland County Council, voting for…

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South Australian By-election. Three Labor Nominations

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 12 September 1945 · page 1

Three nominations were, received for selection as Labor candidate to contest the by-election for the Victoria seat…

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Castlereagh By-Election Four Candidates

Nepean Times · Thursday 13 September 1945 · page 2

Nominations for the election to fill the vacancy in Castlercagh Council due to the death of Aid, Carter closed yesterday, and will be officially announced…

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Cumberland County Council Candidates

The Biz · Thursday 13 September 1945 · page 2

Candidates for the forthcoming election of a representative for Group Six in the proposed Cumberland County Council addressed the aldermen of…

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Bowling Club's "Ugly Man" Candidate

The Biz · Thursday 13 September 1945 · page 3

At a meeting of the committee of Fairfield Bowling Club's "ugly man" candidate, Mr. Bob Moore, in the Park' Improvement Playground Fund. It was…

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Liberal Quiz At By-Election Rally

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 September 1945 · page 9

Leader of the State Opposition (Mr. Weaver) adopted the role of quizmaster at a meeting at Manly last night. Mr. Weaver was speaking in…

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Sequel To Dispute In Fed. Parliament

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 15 September 1945 · page 6

CANBERRA, Friday.--Notice of a no confidence motion in the Chairman of Committees (Mr. Riordan) was given by the Leader of the Opposition (Mr…

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By-Election At Manly Today

The Sun · Saturday 15 September 1945 · page 3
Also in The Daily Telegraph

There is no provision for absent voters in the Manly State by election, which is being held today. Candidates are Mr. E. D…

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Small Tax Reduction "Sop to Public" Crumbs Before Election--Fadden

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 15 September 1945 · page 6

CANBERRA, Friday. -- The promise of tax reduction in the Budget was a sop to public opinion, the Leader of the Country Party (Mr. Fadden) said in the House of Representatives…

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Election At Manly

Daily Mirror · Saturday 15 September 1945 · page 3

Labor's threat to the Opposition's strength in the Legislative Assembly has created State-wide interest in today's…

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TODAY: Political Roundabout the Parliament An ex-Czar defended freedom of speech

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 16 September 1945 · page 22

ARCHIE CAMERON, one-time Czar of the Post Office, who put station 2KY off the air when he was Postmaster-General in 1938, was qualifying for a new role in the nation's capital -- that of champion of…

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