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Politics & elections, 1948

1,544 stories in Sydney's papers · page 24 of 78

£60,000 to Alter Parliament House

Daily Mirror · Thursday 22 April 1948 · page 12

CANBERRA, Thursday.--The Commonwealth Government proposes to spend £60,000 on alterations to Parliament House,…

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£60,000 to Alter Parliament House

Daily Mirror · Thursday 22 April 1948 · page 12

CANBERRA, Thursday.--The Commonwealth Government proposes to spend £60,000 on alterations to Parliament House,…

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Bigger Parliament Debate Larger House "Overdue" Calwell Replies To Menzies' Attack

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 April 1948 · page 4

CANBERRA, Wednesday.—In seeking to enlarge Parliament, the Government was doing something that should have been done years ago, said the Minister for Immigration and Information,…

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Rioting Breaks Out in Italy Communists Dispute Election Results From Our Staff Correspondent and A.A.P.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 April 1948 · page 1

LONDON, April 21.—Communist-led rioting against the Italian election results has broken out in south-east and northern Italy. In Rome to-day Signor Luigi Longo,…

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School Improvements "Before By-Election"

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 22 April 1948 · page 7

Clovelly Infants School would hare new sanitary conveniences before the Coogee by-election, the Minister for Education (Mr. Heffron) said last night…

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Election 'Setback to Reds' Italy Now Part Of West Bloc

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 22 April 1948 · page 2

LONDON, Wednesday.--The victory for the anti-Communist parties in the Italian elections meant that Italy was now part of Western Europe…

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Candidate Puts Ban on Photos

Daily Mirror · Thursday 22 April 1948 · page 3

Sister Claire Louise Peters, who has a book shop in King's Cross, and who is standing as an…

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Candidate Puts Ban on Photos

Daily Mirror · Thursday 22 April 1948 · page 5

Sister Claire Louise Peters, who has a book shop in King's Cross, and who is standing as an…

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Candidate Puts Ban on Photos

Daily Mirror · Thursday 22 April 1948 · page 3

Sister Claire Louise Peters, who has a book shop in King's Cross, and who is standing as an…

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Candidate Puts Ban on Photos

Daily Mirror · Thursday 22 April 1948 · page 3

Sister Claire Louise Peters, who has a book shop in King's Cross, and who is standing as an…

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Candidate Puts Ban on Photos

Daily Mirror · Thursday 22 April 1948 · page 3

Sister Claire Louise Peters, who has a book shop in King's Cross, and who is standing as an…

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Les elections italiennes dans le calme

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 23 April 1948 · page 1

La consultation électorale qui a eu lieu en Italie dimanche dernier avait pour objet de désigner 574 représentants pour l'Assemblée Nationale et…

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Other Cable News Rightists to Rule Elections Later In Costa Rica

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 April 1948 · page 3

NEW YORK, April 23 (A.A.P.).—If the Communists did not consider themselves completely deleated in Costa…

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Candidates Line Up for Coogee Details Of Policies Liberal Hits at Socialism

Truth · Sunday 25 April 1948 · page 5

The three candidates in the Coogee by-election to be held on May 8 yesterday outlined their policies to Truth. The Labor candidate, Mrs…

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"We Want an Election" Political Clash In China

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 April 1948 · page 3

NANKING, April 25 (A.A.P.-Reuter).—This morning's meeting of the Chinese National Assembly ended in…

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Senate Candidate

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 April 1948 · page 4

Colonel E. J. Munro, who will retire in June after 21 years as general secretary of the Country Party, will nominate as a…

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Left-wing Split in Italy Election Sequel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 April 1948 · page 3

LONDON, April 26 (A.A.P.).— Following the defeat of the Popular Front in the Italian elections last week, a section of the Italian…

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Pot Pourri of Parliament

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 28 April 1948 · page 4

It was not a fact the Minister for Health, Mr. Kelly, staled in Parliament, that expectant mothers must pay two weeks fees in advance for…

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De Valera Goes to State Parliament

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 28 April 1948 · page 3

MR. EAMON DE VALERA, former Premier of Eire, who is visiting Australia, attended a meeting of State Parliament…

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Calwell Makes Mincemeat of Menzies Crushing Reply in Larger Parliament Debate the "Herald" Disowns Opposition's Blunder

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 28 April 1948 · page 7

When the Leader of the Federal Opposition (Mr. Menzies) last Wednesday attacked the Government's proposal for enlarging the Commonwealth Parliament…

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