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Politics & elections, 1954

1,300 stories in Sydney's papers · page 38 of 65

Election Lessens Strikes

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 May 1954 · page 12

The nearness of the Federal elections had lessened waterfront strikes, Mr. T. E…

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Speeches in election campaign Australia Seen As Hub of Empire

Daily Mirror · Friday 21 May 1954 · page 5

Australia would one day be the centre of the British Commonwealth of Nations and would have to spend millions to prepare the country, the New South Wales Premier (Mr. Cahill) said last night. He attacked the Menzies-Fadden…

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Speeches in election campaign Australia Seen As Hub of Empire

Daily Mirror · Friday 21 May 1954 · page 5

Australia would one day be the centre of the British Commonwealth of Nations and would have to spend millions to prepare the country, the New South Wales Premier (Mr. Cahill) said last night. He attacked the Menzies-Fadden…

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Speeches in election campaign Australia Seen As Hub of Empire

Daily Mirror · Friday 21 May 1954 · page 5

Australia would one day be the centre of the British Commonwealth of Nations and would have to spend millions to prepare the country, the New South Wales Premier (Mr. Cahill) said last night. He attacked the Menzies-Fadden…

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Speeches in election campaign Australia Seen As Hub of Empire

Daily Mirror · Friday 21 May 1954 · page 5

Australia would one day be the centre of the British Commonwealth of Nations and would have to spend millions to prepare the country, the New South Wales Premier (Mr. Cahill) said last night. He attacked the Menzies-Fadden…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Speeches in election campaign Australia Seen As Hub of Empire

Daily Mirror · Friday 21 May 1954 · page 5

Australia would one day be the centre of the British Commonwealth of Nations and would have to spend millions to prepare the country, the New South Wales Premier (Mr. Cahill) said last night. He attacked the Menzies-Fadden…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Speeches in election campaign Australia Seen As Hub of Empire

Daily Mirror · Friday 21 May 1954 · page 5

Australia would one day be the centre of the British Commonwealth of Nations and would have to spend millions to prepare the country, the New South Wales Premier (Mr. Cahill) said last night. He attacked the Menzies-Fadden…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Speeches in election campaign Australia Seen As Hub of Empire

Daily Mirror · Friday 21 May 1954 · page 5

Australia would one day be the centre of the British Commonwealth of Nations and would have to spend millions to prepare the country, the New South Wales Premier (Mr. Cahill) said last night. He attacked the Menzies-Fadden…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Speeches in election campaign Australia Seen As Hub of Empire

Daily Mirror · Friday 21 May 1954 · page 5

Australia would one day be the centre of the British Commonwealth of Nations and would have to spend millions to prepare the country, the New South Wales Premier (Mr. Cahill) said last night. He attacked the Menzies-Fadden…

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Election Issues... I The Record Of The Menzies Government

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 May 1954 · page 2

ACTIVE grounds for a vote of censure and no-confidence, such as the electorate passed on…

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Seven Days to the Elections Menzies Meeting at Prahran his rowdiest

The Sun · Saturday 22 May 1954 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Saturday.--Prime Minister Menzies had the rowdiest meeting of his…

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Electioneering on a Rainy

The Sun · Saturday 22 May 1954 · page 3

Rainy weather made electioneering difficult in Sydney today. Labor Leader Dr. Evatt spoke outside a butcher's s[?] Ramsgate…

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Federal election campaign speeches P.M. Attacks Labor on 'Disaster Claims'

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 May 1954 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Fri.-- The Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) said tonight Dr. Evatt and his colleagues must consider…

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Six Days to Polling Day Evatt Confident of Big Labor Win

Truth · Sunday 23 May 1954 · page 5

The Leader of the Federal Opposition (Dr. Evatt) enters the final week of the election campaign confident that Labor will be swept back into office. He expects Labor to win seats in all States, and to have a clear working…

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Election Candidates Out On Cold And Rainy Day

The Sun-Herald · Sunday 23 May 1954 · page 2

Candidates for next Saturday's Federal election and their supporters campaigned in cold, showery weather yesterday. They held many meetings on bleak street corners to get…

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The RED Bogey At Election Time

Truth · Sunday 23 May 1954 · page 41

Were Australia made so uncomfortable for Communists as [?] cause them to pack up completely it would be a bad day for…

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Migrants on Their Election Toes

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 23 May 1954 · page 19

EVERY Federal election we've had since the war has been claimed as a "record." They were records, all right, and so will this one be. 'And the next, and the next…

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Election Guide For Indonesians

The Sun-Herald · Sunday 23 May 1954 · page 20

Indonesian Government representatives are, studying the Australian election campaign for information to aid the running of Indonesia's first general election late this year…

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100 Years Of Parliament

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 May 1954 · page 7

NEW ZEALAND, celebrating its Parliamentary centennial to-day, can recall a political set-up in 1854 which…

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Election Issues—ii High Cost Of Labour Leader's Promises

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 May 1954 · page 2

The Labour Party believes it has played an election-winning card with its promises to abolish the means test within three years and immediately increase pensions and similar payments…

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