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Politics & elections, 1947

1,727 stories in Sydney's papers · page 38 of 87

Editorial Growing Pains in Federal Parliament

The Sun · Friday 9 May 1947 · page 1

Few will quarrel with the decision of Labor Caucus fo recommend a larger Federal Parliament, even if this, as proposed, means increasing the number of members of Parliament by as much…

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Workers Invade Parliament House British Immigrants Join In Protest Demonstration Over Quarters

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 May 1947 · page 2

CANBERRA, Friday.--Three hundred and fifty building workers, half of them English immigrants, today refused to work and marched on…

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Workers Invade Parliament House British Immigrants Join In Protest Demonstration Over Quarters

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 May 1947 · page 2

CANBERRA, Friday.--Three hundred and fifty building workers,half of them English immigrants, today refused to work and marched on…

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Workers Invade Parliament House British Immigrants Join In Protest Demonstration Over Quarters

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 May 1947 · page 2

CANBERRA, Friday.--Three hundred and fifty building workers, half of them English immigrants, today refused to work and marched on…

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Workers Invade Parliament House British Immigrants Join In Protest Demonstration Over Quarters

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 May 1947 · page 2

CANBERRA, Friday.--Three hundred and fifty building workers, half of them English immigrants, today refused to work and marched on…

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Workers Invade Parliament House British Immigrants Join In Protest Demonstration Over Quarters

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 May 1947 · page 2

CANBERRA, Friday.--Three hundred and fifty building workers, half of them English immigrants, today refused to work and marched on…

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Results And Lessons Of NSW And Q’d Elections

Tribune · Friday 9 May 1947 · page 5

The most important result of the New South Wales (and Queensland ) elections is the defeat of big business, its press parties. This victory for the labor movement is in no small…

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Canberra Workers March on Parliament House

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 May 1947 · page 5

BRITISH and Australian building workers marching outside Parliament House, Canberra, yesterday. The men, who live a…

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Parliament can charge, try, jail you

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 May 1947 · page 16

"PARLIAMENTARY privilege" is a phrase which has been heard a lot in Canberra this week…

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Builders March to Parliament Seek Better Camp Living

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 May 1947 · page 5

CANBERRA, Friday.--More than 350 Australian and British building workers marched to Parliament House today to demand better living conditions in their quarters at Eastlake…

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Candidates for the Ministry

The Methodist · Saturday 10 May 1947 · page 4

Candidates are informed that the Entrance Examination of the Federal Examining Board will be held on the 26th. 27th and 28th November. In order to avoid misapprehension as to exemptions,…

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PARLIAMENT More pay was on the way

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 11 May 1947 · page 30

In Canberra, Speaker Rosevear scotched the rumor that proposals for increase of Parliamentary pay and privileges…

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Those 90,000 houses in three years They looked well in election speeches but the real figures won't add up

The Sun · Sunday 11 May 1947 · page 4

Mushrooms grow in only a few hours, But if Premier McGirr's housing dreams come true, a new…

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Mr. Menzies Wants Bigger Parliament

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 May 1947 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Sunday.—The view that a bigger Parliament would be a better Parliament is held by the Federal Opposition…

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A Non-Party Committee Should Plan A Bigger Parliament

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 May 1947 · page 8

THE most important proposition mooted in Canberra for some time is the plan to enlarge…

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Increased Parliament "Essential"

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 May 1947 · page 9

A larger Federal Parliament was a reform vital to Australia's progress, said Mr. H. M. Storey yesterday…

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Federal Parliament of 180 Members Suggested

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 May 1947 · page 16

COMMENTING on the report that the Labor Caucus had approved the principle of a larger Federal Parliament, the president of the…

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Federal Parliament of 180 Members Suggested

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 May 1947 · page 2

COMMENTING on the report that the Labor Caucus had approved the principle of a larger Federal Parliament, the president of the…

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Federal Parliament of 180 Members Suggested

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 May 1947 · page 2

COMMENTING on the report that the Labor Caucus had approved the principle of a larger Federal Parliament, the president of the…

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Ecstatic Welcome to Royal Family Triumphal Progress To Palace Warm Greetings by Parliament

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 May 1947 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.--With traditional fervor, London yesterday joyously welcomed home the Royal Family oh the last stage off their return…

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