TODAY: Political Roundabout PARLIAMENT They all brushed up their rhetoric
The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 4 August 1946 · page 26
AS orators many politicians this week jacked up their reputations in the House of Representatives, seemed more at home than before with the microphone (and their subject-matter)…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Three Council By-Elections
Truth · Sunday 4 August 1946 · page 34
There was heavy voting when two council by-elections were held in Sydney yesterday. At Vaucluse two vacancies which occurred by the…
Continued on Trove, page 34 →Election veteran (80) gives politics best
The Sun · Sunday 4 August 1946 · page 2
Colors nailed firmly to the mast, 80-years-old Edward James Gaskell, of Vaucluse, has gone down, politically speaking, for the third time. Standing as an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Parliament to Sit This Month
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 August 1946 · page 4
State Parliament will meet about the middle of this month to pass the Coal Bill, and the bill to increase penalties for the unauthorised use of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Country Party's Election Team
The Sun · Monday 5 August 1946 · page 5
Within the next fortnight the Country Party will endorse its last candidate for the Federal elections, to be held on September 28. This candidate will stand for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Today's Peterson Election Selections
The Sun · Monday 5 August 1946 · page 4
Trove gives no preview of this one. Open it to read the story on the page.
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Appeal to Miners for More Coal Move To Assist Election Campaign
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 August 1946 · page 7
This week the Miners' Federation Council will appeal to all Australian coal miners to step up coal production, miners' leaders said last night…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Evatt Returning in September Will Aid Labor In Strenuous Election Campaign
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 August 1946 · page 9
CANBERRA, Sunday.--The Minister for External Affairs (Dr. H. V. Evatt) will probably return to Australia early in September, to help the Labor Party in its election…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →P.M. To Begin Election Tour
Daily Mirror · Monday 5 August 1946 · page 5
MELBOURNE, Monday.--The Minister for Information (Mr. Calwell) will lead Labor's "airborne troops" into Queensland…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fed. Parliament Broadcasting Times
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 August 1946 · page 9
The Australian Broadcasting Commission will broadcast Federal Parliament on 2BL and 2NC this week at the following times:…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Reform of Federal Parliament
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 August 1946 · page 2
Whatever Ihe results of the coming Federal elections, it is reasonable to expect that they will be the last to be held for an unrcformed Parliament…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Parliament on the Air
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 August 1946 · page 4
lederal Parliament will be on the air over stations 2BL and 2NC at the following times this week:- Tuesday: 2.59 p.m. to 6 p.m., from the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Parliament's Voice Is Voice of the People
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 August 1946 · page 9
CANBERRA, Monday.--Members of Parliament were not elected for their culture or good elocution, Dame Enid Lyons, M.H.R., said today. They represented a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Prime Minister Addresses Labour Candidates
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 August 1946 · page 3
The Prime Minister, Mr. Chifley, who was in Sydney yesterday, addressed Labour candidates for the Federal election and union officials at the Trades Hall. LEFT: A section of the audience. RIGHT: The Prime Minister in characteristic pose…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →States and 40Hours Election Pledge
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 August 1946 · page 4
MELBOURNE, Monday.— The State Labour Governments of Australia had been elected on a platform which pledged…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Spring Candidates Pep Up Galloping
The Sun · Tuesday 6 August 1946 · page 14
Candidates for the big spring races are starting to stride along faster in their training trials, Chaperone, Good Idea, Blue Legend and Magnificent pleasing in their work today…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Chifley Discusses Elections at Labor Party Conference
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 August 1946 · page 7
MR. CHIFLEY (seated) yesterday discussed the election campaign with Labor Party and union officials in Sydney. With him (left…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Crowd Heckles "Commo" Candidate Queensland Workers Hostile
The Australian Worker · Wednesday 7 August 1946 · page 5
Punches were directed at the "Commo" candidate for Wide Bay, Lawyer Max Julius, while he was addressing a street…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Liberals and "Commos" Election Propaganda
The Australian Worker · Wednesday 7 August 1946 · page 4
Attempts by the Liberal Party to awaken the menace of Communism and to smear the Labor Party as…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queensland Miners' Secretary "Commo" Candidate Defeated
The Australian Worker · Wednesday 7 August 1946 · page 4
Queensland "Commos" received another severe jolt last week when their nominee suffered an overwhelming…
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