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Politics & elections, 1946

2,379 stories in Sydney's papers · page 60 of 119

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)…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Today's Peterson Election Selections

The Sun · Monday 5 August 1946 · page 4

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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:…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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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