Parliament on the Air Was Popular
Half the people have listened to Parliamentary broadcasts, according to an Australia-wide Gallup Poll…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Politics & elections, 1946
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TODAY: Political Roundabout PARLIAMENT Old hands gave the young ones fresh heart
SOME of the more literary politicians had picked out a tag from that doyen of the modern poets, T. S. Eliot, to describe the ending of the Seventeenth Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia -- "not with…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Good Backing for Every Candidate
The Campsie Welter Handicap yesterday was a remarkable betting race, as there were only eight starters, and all eight were backed for big sums of money. Kuvera's Double was booked by a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Election Campaign Begins Tomorrow Toughness, bitterness forecast as political parties shape-up
CAMPAIGNING for the Federal elections in September goes, into full swing tomorrow. One of the toughest political battles in years is forecast, with' both sides hopeful of the outcome…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Public Patience Will Affect Elections Younger Labour Men Uneasy by Our Canberra Correspondent
The Labour Government has, except for the routine duties of the next few weeks, relinquished the reins. This week begins in earnest the strenuous campaign by all parties to try to convince the electors that they—and they alone—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ministers Lead Off In Election. Fight
Federal Ministers in Sydney today are busy clearing up their departmental affairs before embarking on intensive election campaigns. Itineraries, already prepared provide for most of the ministers to address…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Ministers Lead Off In Election Fight
Federal Ministers in Sydney today are busy clearing up their departmental affairs before embarking on intensive election campaigns. Itineraries already prepared provide for most of the ministers to address…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ministers Lead Off In Election Fight
Federal Ministers in Sydney today are busy clearing up their departmental affairs before embarking on intensive election campaigns. Itineraries already prepared provide for most of the ministers to address…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ministers Lead Off In Election Fight
Federal Ministers in Sydney today are busy clearing up their departmental affairs before embarking on intensive election campaigns. Itineraries already prepared provide for most of the ministers to address…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Ministers Lead Off In Election Fight
Federal Ministers in Sydney today are busy clearing up their departmental affairs before embarking on intensive election campaigns. Itineraries already prepared provide for most of the ministers to address…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Commission Will Open Parliament
State Parliament will be opened on August 27 by a commission consisting of the President of the Legislative Council, Mr. Farrar, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Interstate News Melbourne City Council Election Candidate's Nomination Challenged
Labor members of the Melbourne City Council caused a stir last week when they announced that the nomination of Mr, J. S. Smith us a candidate for Hopetoun Ward against sitting' Labor Councillor J. J. Holland had been challenged…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →INDEPENDENT A.B.C. News Service Federal Parliament Sanctions New Public Utility Vicious Antagonism of Monopoly Interests
The Australian Broadcasting Commission, much to the disgust of Tory political stooges, will set up an independent news service as soon as its present arrangements with the Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Candidate Entertained
Lady David, of Hornsby, entertained Dame Mary Gilmore and the Labor candidate for Parramatta (Mr. Dudley Jeffree) at afternoon tea last…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Candidate's Wife Addresses Large Meeting
Mrs. Jeffree, wife of Labor's candidate for Parramatta, addressing, one of the largest Labor women's meeting held in the electorate last Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Webbers Hold Ball For Popular Girl Candidate
Webbers ball at the Paradance, Lidcombe, last Wednesday was the initial function for the Auburn Popular Girl Competition, by which it is hoped to raise sufficient funds to build a hall for all ex-servicemen, whether members of the R.S.S.A.I.L.A. or not…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Real Issue of the Election: Chifley or Menzies? Don't Be Misled by Bogeys and Side Issues
Now that the last session of the 17th Commonwealth Parliament has ended, the Labor campaign for the Federal election on September 26 will begin in real earnest…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Background to the News: Elections
WHEN the House of Representatives and the Senate rose on Friday, the life of the seventeenth Commonwealth Parliament ended…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Chifley Opens Labor's Election Fight Government's Tax Policy Defended
PERTH, Tuesday.--Opening the Labor election campaign here tonight, the Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) defended the Government's taxation policy…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Evatt Ready To Campaign In Election
When the Minister for External Affairs (Dr. Evatt) returns to Australia towards the end of this month, he will…
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