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Politics & elections, 1949

2,065 stories in Sydney's papers · page 42 of 104

Moves On Union Elections

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 June 1949 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Thurs. -- The Melbourne Trades Hall Council tonight…

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Parliament

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 June 1949 · page 2

CANBERRA, Friday.—In the House of Representatives to-day the Supply Bill was further considered in committee…

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Black-Trackers Couldn't Find Parliament

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 11 June 1949 · page 2

"Canberra" is an aboriginal word meaning "a crooked course" A DEPUTATION of twenty…

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More Nationalisation Planned Election Platform

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 June 1949 · page 2

LONDON, Fri. -- The Labor Party conference at Blackpool today approved on election programme of more nationalisation for Britain…

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Political Roundabout For Polling Dates an Empire Plan

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 12 June 1949 · page 30

LABOR Prime Minister Chifley (Canberra) and Fraser (Wellington, NZ) are credited with a neat Election Day plan. They are said to have…

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Parliament shut to priests

The Sun · Sunday 12 June 1949 · page 11

A new constitution approved in Costa Rica prohibits election of priests to the Republic's…

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Burma Parliament Has Dignity From a Special Correspondent in Rangoon

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 June 1949 · page 2

THE Parliament of Burma met a week ago for its "monsoon session" with nearly half its members absent through adherence to…

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Parliament FEDERAL

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 June 1949 · page 2

CANBERRA, Tuesday.—The House of Representatives to-day gave further consideration to the Supply Bill in committee…

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Filibuster in African Parliament Citizenship Bill Protest Crowds Flock to Meetings

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 15 June 1949 · page 5

CAPETOWN, Wednesday.—Members of the Opposition last night launched an all-night filibuster as a protest against the Government's Citizenship…

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No Election Bribes for British Voters Labor Party's Frank Appeal on Nationalisation Programme Permanent Controls to Strangle Profiteering

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 15 June 1949 · page 7

Notwithstanding the vitriolic attacks by monopoly newspapers and vested interests against public control of necessary commodities, the British Labor Government has issued Statute Book a permanent version of the 1945 legislation giving the Government control over a wide variety of commodities…

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Victorian Tories' Donnybrook Fierce Fighting Over Next Saturday's Upper House Election Labor's Threat to Disclose Secret Documents

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 15 June 1949 · page 6

The Leader of the Victorian Labor Party (Mr. Cain) told interviewers in Melbourne last week that he held documents relating to the 1945 elections showing that the present…

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Treatt Attacks Bill to Limit Press Election Comment

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 June 1949 · page 3

The bill to amend the Parliamentary Electoral and Electors' Act was introduced into the Legislative Assembly last night. The Chief Secretary, Mr. J. M. Baddeley, said it was "a measure…

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Pro-italian Win Elections In Trieste

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 June 1949 · page 3

LONDON, June 14 (A.A.P.) —The six combined proItalian parties in Trieste had an overwhelming victory in the…

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Pre-election news ban criticised

The Sun · Wednesday 15 June 1949 · page 17

THREATS to the historic code of decency which governs our civil and political life and to the very basis of British democratic government are contained in a bill which the McGirr Government introduced in…

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£100 fine, gaol for breach of State election news gag

The Sun · Wednesday 15 June 1949 · page 8

Maximum fine of £100 or six months gaol is the penalty for publishing or broadcasting any matter infringing the State Government's 70-hour election curfew…

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Query On Election "Anomaly"

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 15 June 1949 · page 26

CANBERRA, Wednesday. —It would be desirable for the Federal Government to correct a grave anomaly…

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Query On Election "Anomaly"

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 15 June 1949 · page 26

CANBERRA, Wednesday. —It would be desirable for the Federal Government to correct a grave anomaly…

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Query On Election "Anomaly"

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 15 June 1949 · page 26

CANBERRA, Wednesday. —It would be desirable for the Federal Government to correct a grave anomaly…

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Query On Election "Anomaly"

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 15 June 1949 · page 26

CANBERRA, Wednesday. —It would be desirable for the Federal Government to correct a grave anomaly…

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Query On Election "Anomaly"

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 15 June 1949 · page 26

CANBERRA, Wednesday. —It would be desirable for the Federal Government to correct a grave anomaly…

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