Three Union Elections
SYDNEY: Three important trade union elections are now being held or are about to begin in NSW. The elections are for Commonwealth and State Councillors and State…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Politics & elections, 1973
67 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 4
Hawks and Doves and the Elections The election campaign is officially on, and the sound and the fury as the parties and factions align and re-align will create the illusion of movement and progress. How much does all this hectic activity signify? Very little, in the opinion of Post Reporter Mark Segal
THE SYSTEM of proportional representation makes for less concern by the political parties with what the public wants and…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Gym Girls Elections
The NSW Jewish War Memorial Ladies’ Physical Culture Club has elected Sue Taylor as its president and captain…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →The Candidates
This year's Queen Competition candidates, Mariette Phillips, Maxine Ross, Lyn Phillips and Ruth Levine, at the opening ceremony last Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Parliament Hears of Moriah College
Moriah College was described in State Parliament last week as a “small strugging school”. Mr F. J. Barraclough MLA (Bligh) criticised the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Election
It is election time again — in WTZO group circles. The recent annual general meeting of Tikvah elected Mrs Jocie…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Abortion,sex & Parliament
On Thursday, September 13, in Federal Parliament, a debate took place around a motion by Mr. Race Mathews (Casey) to establish a Royal Commission "to inquire into the social,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →How Israelis Vote The Israeli voter is as volatile as his counterpart in any Western democracy, but the practical results of the country’s successive national elections always remain roughly the same. Asher Arian, chairman of Tel Aviv’s University’s department of political science, gives the reasons
THE ISRAELI VERSION of the famous French epigram might well read, “Plus c’est la meme…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →CANDIDATES for 1974 Students Union Presidency personal voting 15-19th Oct Library 8 house Geoff Payne
What I've Done: Two years Engineering, UNSW. One year labouring in a meatworks. Founding member of Socialist Youth…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Builders Laborers Election Sweep
SYDNEY: Rank-and-file candidates in the Builders Laborers' Federation NSW Branch election have swept the poll. All candidates supporting the present leadership in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →JNF Queen Competition 1973 Meet the Candidates Lyn Phillips
With expressive brown eyes and long dark hair, quietly-spoken Lyn Phillips will spend several weeks in Israel at the end of this year, part of her first “real”…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Owens CPA candidate
SYDNEY: Joe Owens, newly elected NSW of secretary of the Builders Laborers' Federation, will contest the NSW state election (November 17) as a candidate of the Communist…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Gay Election Candidate
Martin Smith, 40, a member of the Gay Liberation Front, has nominated for the NSW State seat of Waverley on a policy for homosexual rights. His platform…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Liberal Candidate Pledges Aid M’lands Needs More Money
The State Government must release funds for urgent protects of community…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Israel’s Protest at Iraqis’ Election
UNITED NATIONS: Cameroon, Mauritania, Iraq, Byelorussia and Costa Rica were last week elected to two-year terms on the UN Security Council. They will join on January 1,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Three Stand in State Election
Three Jewish candidates have been endorsed by the major political parties to stand in the forthcoming NSW State elections…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Painters & dockers election win
SYDNEY: Early counting in the Ship Painters' and Dockers' Union ballot indicates an extensive victory for the rank-and-file ticket. All positions were contested with the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Readers Write Jews in Parliament Is Purely Political
We have great respect for the opinions of Eve Symon, but in “Talking Point” (AJT 8/11/73) we consider her logic and…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Parties Moot Further Election Postponement
TEL AVIV: Pressure is growing in various parties for the postponement of the Knesset elections for at least a year. While this issue is being considered behind closed doors…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Who really rules in Australia today? [Australia's Government and Parliament, by David Solomon. (Nelson, 143 pages, $3.95.)]
The potential of mass movements to achieve practical results by directing at least some of their pressure on governments and parliaments is often seriously under-rated in the Australian…
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