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Politics & elections, 1947

1,727 stories in Sydney's papers · page 62 of 87

Bitter Election Likely Policy Speech Dates Upper House, Banking Issues

Daily Mirror · Friday 10 October 1947 · page 12

MELBOURNE, Friday.--The Victorian State election campaign will be short and bitter, with the major parties fighting a three-cornered contest on clear-cut issues…

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Bitter Election Likely Policy Speech Dates Upper House, Banking Issues

Daily Mirror · Friday 10 October 1947 · page 12

MELBOURNE, Friday. --The Victorian State election campaign will be short and bitter, with the major parties fighting a three-cornered contest on clear-cut issues…

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Bitter Election Likely Policy Speech Dates Upper House, Banking Issues

Daily Mirror · Friday 10 October 1947 · page 12

MELBOURNE, Friday.--The Victorian State election campaign will be short and bitter, with the major parties fighting a three-cornered contest on clear-cut issues…

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Records in Victorian Elections

Daily Mirror · Saturday 11 October 1947 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- It is apparent, as the campaign sets under way, that Labor and the Opposition parties intend to…

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Records in Victorian Elections

Daily Mirror · Saturday 11 October 1947 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- It is apparent, as the campaign sets under way, that Labor and the Opposition parties intend to…

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Records in Victorian Elections

Daily Mirror · Saturday 11 October 1947 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- It is apparent, as the campaign sets under way, that Labor and the Opposition parties intend to…

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Records in Victorian Elections

Daily Mirror · Saturday 11 October 1947 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- It is apparent, as the campaign sets under way, that Labor and the Opposition parties intend to…

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Records in Victorian Elections

Daily Mirror · Saturday 11 October 1947 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- It is apparent, as the campaign sets under way, that Labor and the Opposition, parties intend to…

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Records in Victorian Elections

Daily Mirror · Saturday 11 October 1947 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Saturday.-- It is apparent, as the campaign sets under way, that Labor and the Opposition parties intend to…

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Records in Victorian Elections

Daily Mirror · Saturday 11 October 1947 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- It is apparent, as the campaign sets under way, that Labor and the Opposition parties intend to…

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Parties Prepare For Intense Vic. Election

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 October 1947 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--The biggest number of politicians ever to take part in a State election will fight the Victorian elections in the next three weeks. Five Federal Ministers. 10…

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Election in Rome

Daily Mirror · Monday 13 October 1947 · page 5

ROME, Monday. -- It is estimated that three-fourths of Rome's 969,774 voters voted at the municipal elections on Saturday. Results will be…

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Momentous Issue For Parliament Bank Bill Tension In Canberra

The Sun · Tuesday 14 October 1947 · page 10

CANBERRA, Tuesday.--Tension is at a high pitch in Canberra over tomorrow's momentous…

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Victorian elections

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 October 1947 · page 6

SIR, -- If the opinion of Sir Isaac Isaacs is correct that the Legislative Council in Victoria has erred constitutionally,…

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Triangular Elections In Victoria

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 14 October 1947 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Victorian Liberal and Country parties have been unable to reach an agreement which would…

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Triangular Elections In Victoria

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 14 October 1947 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Victorian Liberal and Country parities have been unable to reach an agreement which would…

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Nationalisation of Banks Second Reading of Bill in Federal Parliament

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 15 October 1947 · page 1

The Prime Minister, Mr. Chifley, will move the second reading of the bill to nationalise private trading banks in the House of Representatives to-night (Wednesday.)…

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Malicious and Foolish Statements Against Federal Labor Member Refutations in Federal Parliament

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 15 October 1947 · page 1

A Sydney Crown Prosecutor, Mr. M. C. Moors, had made "malicious and foolish" statements about him in the Quarter Sessions Appeals Court in Sydney, declared the Labor member for Watson,…

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Who Is to Govern? The People or the Banks Early Showdown in Victoria: Election Fixed for November 8 : : Record Number of Seats to be Contested: Candid Comments by Premier J. Cain

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 15 October 1947 · page 1

After nearly a fortnight of bitter debate and friction between the Victorian Legislative Assembly and the Legislative Council and when the Council three times rejected Supply Bills to enable the Government to carry on its normal functions of administration, the Premier, Mr. Cain, announced that as a result of his advice, the…

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A.W.U. ACTIVITIES Victoria-Riverina Branch State Election Campaign

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 15 October 1947 · page 9

The election for the Victorian Legislative Assembly, which will be held on Saturday, November 8, will be the most important in the history of this State, and presents an opportunity for the…

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