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Politics & elections, 1970

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Welcome Spiro Agnew! (Composed and read on the lawn of Parliament House, Canberra, on Wednesday of last week by well-known Sydney poet Denis Kevans.)

Tribune · Wednesday 21 January 1970 · page 3

I do not wish to bag you for that name of Spiro Agnew I know for that you really can't be blamed, But they tell me that your touring is to do a bit of warring, So like all decent Australians I'm ashamed…

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Executive Elections

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 12 February 1970 · page 5

NSW Jewish Board of Deputies president, Mr. H. S. Goldstein, will seek re-election at the election of the Executive…

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Elections for State Zionists

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 12 February 1970 · page 1

The biennial conference of the State Zionist Council of NSW will elect a new executive on February 22…

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Les elections cantonales

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 20 February 1970 · page 1

L renouvellement partiel des conseils généraux fait l'objet d'un décret qui a janvier au J.O. collèges électoraux sont…

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Sa Election on Passover

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 12 March 1970 · page 5

JOHANNESBURG: N[?] special arrangements will b[?] made to enable Orthodox Jew[?] to vote in the South Africai[?]…

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Candidates state their reasons

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 12 March 1970 · page 3

Two positions on the Executive of the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies will be contested in the elections to be held on Tuesday night. The vice-presidency, held by Mr. G. Falk and Dr. J…

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Students’ Union Council By-elections

Tharunka · Wednesday 18 March 1970 · page 6

Want to be a Shit Stirrer? Want to be on the S.U.C. ? The following positions for Faculty Representatives are vacant…

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Cremorne Elections

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 19 March 1970 · page 2

Mr. H. R. Freeman was elected president of the Cremorne Synagogue at the annual general meeting on…

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Les Elections Cantonales Forte proportion de sortants réélus

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 20 March 1970 · page 1

5.428 candidats s'étaient présentés au premier tour des élections cantonales, mars; les autres l'ont été au scrutin de ballotage, le 15 mars. pour la Métropole. Dans les départements d'outre-mer, 63 sièges…

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Executive election

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 7 April 1970 · page 1

An executive committee has been elected by a group of West Merrylands residents to organise plans for a…

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Attack on Jews in SA election

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 9 April 1970 · page 16

JOHANNESBURG: The first overtones of anti-Semitism in the South African general election campaign have come…

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Parliament's own thing

Tribune · Wednesday 15 April 1970 · page 2

AUSTRALIA'S first-ever parliamentary Sit-in in Canberra on Wednesday night last week was far more than a good press story. It represented the first occasion on which the…

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Sit-in marked Parliament's festival of the oppressed

Tribune · Wednesday 15 April 1970 · page 12

CANBERRA: Parliament House last Thursday had something of the atmosphere of a rebellious campus, or a factory floor which had just witnessed sudden strike action. Plainclothes police mingled with MP's in the Opposition…

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Guide Election for Officers

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 12 May 1970 · page 2

Mrs. J. Gerrard has been elected president of the Merrylands Girl Guides Local Association. Mrs. E. Duggan is the secretary. Mrs. Y. Fenton is…

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Notice to Candidates for S.u.c. Elections

Tharunka · Thursday 14 May 1970 · page 26

ALL CANDIDATES ARE INVITED TO SUBMIT FOR PUBLICATION IN THARUNKA (2ND JUNE ISSUE) A POLICY STATEMENT NOT EXCEEDING 300 WORDS. THIS MATERIAL MUST BE IN THE HANDS OF THE…

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Four Jews in SA Parliament

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 21 May 1970 · page 9

JOHANNESBURG: One result of the swing to the United Party in the South African general election has been the…

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News of the World Danish Nazis in Elections

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 28 May 1970 · page 9

COPENHAGEN: Sven Salicath, 64-year-oid “Fuehrer” of the Danish Socialist Party, announced in Herning,…

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Even More Arts Candidates

Tharunka · Tuesday 2 June 1970 · page 1

GRAEME ROBERTSON Arts II Electioneering promises mean little, for only a few are ever carried out…

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La Grande-Bretagne a la veille de ses elections generales

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 12 June 1970 · page 1

I ONDRES. — L-et leur demander de renouveler le mandat dont ils l'avaient investi d'abord en octobre 1964, puis en mars 1966…

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New Candidate

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 25 June 1970 · page 1

Treasurer of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, Mr. Maurice Allen (pictured) has been endorsed as Labour…

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