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Politics & elections, 1966

65 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 4

Fares slug... Makes mockery of election promises

Tribune · Wednesday 12 January 1966 · page 1

The Askim Government's specious use of decimal currency conversion to heavily increase bus fares caused widespread anger when it was introduced in Sydney and…

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Election Change Opposed Proposal's pitfalls 'too many'

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 18 January 1966 · page 1

Holroyd Municipal Council alderman this week hit out against a sug[?]estion that Local Government elections a held on the first Saturday in…

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Teachers shape up for Federal elections Education Needs to Be a Prime Issue

Tribune · Wednesday 26 January 1966 · page 4

ADELAIDE: The annual conference of the Australian Teachers' Federation here decided that all State Branches of the Federation during 1966 should feature education needs as a Federal election issue. These activities will include the holding of…

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Letters to the Editor Election costs

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 28 January 1966 · page 2

Now, after the heat and dust of the election battle in Israel has settled down, permit me to make some…

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Re-election to council post

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 8 February 1966 · page 2

A Man who is currently serving his thirteenth year as an alderman of Holroyd Municipal Council was last week re-elected chairman of Prospect County Council. He is Ald. F. S. Ed-…

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Dawson by-election Neglect puts Holt Govt. on the spot

Tribune · Wednesday 16 February 1966 · page 8

Dr. Rex Patterson, Labor candidate for the Dawson Federal by-election opened his campaign at Mackay on February 7, by addressing an audience of 500, one of the biggest political…

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Israeli Economy: Drastic Steps Pre-election Promises Turn to Grim Reality

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 4 March 1966 · page 6

In many respects Israel is going through one the most difficult periods in her short history. It is not that there is e sudden shortage, or that people are suddenly finding it difficult to make ends meet, or that unemployment is rising. A casual visitor to Israel would say that this country…

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Elections Change Bid Move by council

The Biz · Wednesday 9 March 1966 · page 1

State Members of Parliament serving Fairfield Municipality will approach the Minister for Local Government, Mr. Morton, in an attempt to have changes made in procedure for Local Government elections…

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Squash Club Elections

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 11 March 1966 · page 12

John Greenberg was last “week re-elected president of JAS[?] Squash Club. Others on the new executiv[?]…

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Applied Science By-Election

Tharunka · Tuesday 15 March 1966 · page 2

Nominations are hereby called for the position of Applied Science Representative on Students’ Union Council…

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The British elections: Demand for New Policy

Tribune · Wednesday 16 March 1966 · page 5

LONDON: "Turn the elections into a nation-wide demand for a new policy for Britain", was the appeal of Communist Party general secretary John Gollan in opening…

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In Parliament Israel sets lead on water — Joel

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 25 March 1966 · page 1

M. ASHER JOEL, MLC, set Israel up as an example on conservation and the best use of water at a Legislative Council meeting this week. Mr. Joel proposed that Australia should study Israel's achievements on water economy…

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Plain Australian Billy Mac. blows gaff on election

Tribune · Tuesday 5 April 1966 · page 2

STORY circulating in top Daily Telegraph circles is that Federal Treasurer McMahon recently confided…

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Avant Les Elections Legislatives En France M. Giscard D’estaing a Grenoble

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 8 April 1966 · page 1

GRE sanatorium banquet qui réunissait, à Grenoble, une .centaine de personnalités et de militants républicains indépendants de l'Isère…

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Report on post-election Israel the Crisis That Would Not Go Away

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 8 April 1966 · page 4

I have been in Israel some forty times since 1948. On every occasion there has been a crisis of some kind to report; if it was not defence, then it was religion, personalities, foreign affairs…

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Election results

Tharunka · Tuesday 12 April 1966 · page 5

Two by-elections were held recently for Commerce and Engineering Representatives on Students' Union Council. Gary Jones (who has already been on…

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Talking about elections

Tribune · Wednesday 27 April 1966 · page 2

THE promise made by Air Vice-Marshal Ky, the puppet premier of South Vietnam, to hold elections in three to five months and return to a civilian government was forced from him by the…

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Federal election prospect: ALP tidies up Vietnam policy

Tribune · Wednesday 18 May 1966 · page 11

CANBERRA: The foreign policy manifesto unanimously endorsed by the Federal Parliamentary Labor Party last week cut the ground from under new attempts to split the ALP through confusion of different interpretations of its Vietnam policy…

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Fascist Flop in British Elections

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 20 May 1966 · page 10

A World Jewish Congress survey of the outcome of the recent parliamentary elections in Britain indicates that m a few areas where…

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Unionist in Local Election

Tribune · Wednesday 15 June 1966 · page 10

ADELAIDE: Mr. Don Moir, is standing for the Hilton Ward in West Torrens (S. A.) Council…

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