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Politics & elections, 1946

2,379 stories in Sydney's papers · page 66 of 119

Parliament House Strike Ends

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 21 August 1946 · page 1

CANBERRA, Tuesday.--The first strike at Commonwealth Parliament House ended at 5…

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Parliament Refreshment Room Workers Resume

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 August 1946 · page 1

CANBERRA, Tuesday.—A strike by employees in the Parliament House refreshment rooms, which compelled the State Premiers and their staffs assembled here for the Premiers' Conference to lunch in Canberra…

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N.S.W. PARLIAMENT Session Opens Next Week

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 21 August 1946 · page 11

The N.S.W. State Parliament will be opened on Tuesday next. August 27, by a Commission consisting of the President of the…

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Case of Ex-pte. Edwards Questions in Parliament

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 21 August 1946 · page 4

Mr Morgan asked in the House of Representatives "Will the Minister for Repatriation have made immediate impartial inquiry made into the allegations in…

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Candidate For "Miss Auburn"

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 21 August 1946 · page 1

Pictured here is Miss Betty Winkle, A.G.E. candidate in the "Miss Auburn" competition organised by the Auburn sub-branch of the…

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Farce of Soviet Elections Constitution Permits Only One Political Party

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 21 August 1946 · page 6

Unless a man be a member of "The Communist Party of Bolsheviks" he cannot be a candidate for, or elected to, any Government position in the U.S.S.R. No purely political organisation other…

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Eight Women Who Will Stand for Parliament

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 22 August 1946 · page 21

MRS. MAURICE BLACKBURN, widow of one of the outstanding Labor politicians in Australian…

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Election Roll Closes Last Minute Rush

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 August 1946 · page 4

Divisional returning officers yesterday reported a flood of last-minute applications for inclusion in supplementary rolls from voters…

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Liberal Candidate Now at Austinmer

The Leader · Thursday 22 August 1946 · page 7

For the next four months Ray Watson, Liberal Candidate, together with his wife and son. will be living at Austinmer…

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Liberal Candidate for Robertson

The Biz · Thursday 22 August 1946 · page 10

The "Liberal Party is in the country to stay, and it is determined that the man on the land, as the nation's pack horse, shall as far as possible be…

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84 Candidates for 28 N.s.w. Seats in Federal Election

The Sun · Friday 23 August 1946 · page 2

So far 84 candidates have been announced for the 28 NSW seats in the House of Representatives which will be filled at the Federal election on September 28. The Labor Party will contest all seats (it now holds 21), Liberals…

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Star Letter of the Week Soldier Setilement and the Elections to the Editor of "The Land."

The Land · Friday 23 August 1946 · page 1

Sir,—Election time approaching and the ex-servicemen will have the opportunity of influencing a swinging vote if the candidates of the…

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Menzies' First Election Shok Liberals Promise Plan for Farm Stabilisation Independent Body To Probe Production Costs, Fix Prices

The Land · Friday 23 August 1946 · page 2

THE Liberal Party, said Mr. R.G. Menzies, Federal leader of that party, in his policy speech at Camberwell (Vic.), on Tuesday night, stood for,rural stabilisation, where desired by producers, and for schemes…

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Liberal Senate Candidate Military Man Knows Farming

The Land · Friday 23 August 1946 · page 5

M. A. FERGUSSON, a member of the joint Liberal-Country Party Senate team in New South Wales, has a wide…

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Egg Board Election

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 23 August 1946 · page 18

A POSTAL ballot for the election of five producers representatives to the N.S.W. Egg Marketing Board will close on October…

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French Election

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 August 1946 · page 3

PARIS, Aug. 22 (A.A.P.).—The Constituent Assembly has decided that the next elections, to be held in October, will be concluded on a basis of…

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Not Interested in Lang Candidate

Tribune · Friday 23 August 1946 · page 1

Of more than 800 wnarflaborers inside the Sussex Street pick-up standing idly around waiting for a call only five bothered to cross the road…

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Communists’ Election Fund Now Over £500

Tribune · Friday 23 August 1946 · page 1

The cascade of cash needed to send Communists to Canberra is now showering in more freely and this week the fund passed the first £500 mark. PEOPLE from all walks of life,…

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Liberal Party Candidate. George A. Hohnen. Candidate’s Weekly Letter

The St George Call · Friday 23 August 1946 · page 2

It Is Interesting to note that the Commonwealth Wage Pegging Regulations do prevent the re-examination of the basic wage by the Federal Arbitration…

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W. M. Hughes, 81, to Make Election Trip by Plane

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 August 1946 · page 9

Mr. W. M. Hughes, M.H.R., will fly to Tasmania to assist the Liberal Party's campaign in the Federal elections. He will celebrate his 82nd…

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