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Politics & elections, 1976

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BL's demand an election in NSW

Tribune · Wednesday 28 April 1976 · page 4

SYDNEY: "We have been the victims of one of the least principled and most…

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Nsw Election Shows..... Swing to Labor

Tribune · Wednesday 5 May 1976 · page 1

SYDNEY: The May Day election was a big setback for the Liberal-NCP coalition and for Fraser personally. The coalition parties polled only 46 per cent of the votes compared to Labor's 50.3 per cent. However, the gerrymander may enable the Willis government to cling to…

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Eban Calls for New Elections

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 6 May 1976 · page 11

WASHINGTON: Former Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban says that the Israeli Government should hold new elections before the next scheduled voting in December 1977, in order to win a broad mandate from the Israeli public…

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Under the microscope Scholarships & candidates

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 6 May 1976 · page 2

There is a young Israeli, Dr Rona Moscona, tucked I away in a laboratory of the Prince of Wales Hospital, operating on rats with little hope that he will be able to assume any clinical responsibility with…

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Portugal - After the Elections

Tribune · Wednesday 12 May 1976 · page 9

In Portugal's recent elections, both the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) and the far right Social Democratic Centre (CDS) increased…

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Labor in Election Win

Tribune · Wednesday 12 May 1976 · page 3

SYDNEY: Labor has won the NSW election by two seats. The remaining doubtful seats, Gosford and…

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university council election

Tharunka · Wednesday 19 May 1976 · page 4

The election of a student representative to the University Council is very different from most elections, in that the person you elect will be…

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Elections timely, Tucker on Move Again

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 25 May 1976 · page 9

Every three years elections are held for the 12-man Council of Auctioneers and Agents, the body responsible for licensing all real estate agents…

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DLP under seige in Clerks'election

Tribune · Wednesday 26 May 1976 · page 4

MELBOURNE: DLP control of the Victorian branch of the Federated Clerks Union is under…

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Farmers Boycott Election

Tribune · Wednesday 2 June 1976 · page 3

GLADSTONE, QLD: About 40 dairy farmers at Mt. Larcom decided to boycott last Saturday's Port…

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Jewish tribulations at election times... From Our Past

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 3 June 1976 · page 8

The “hustings” as election meetings were called in the 19th century, were regarded as great entertainment and attracted large crowds, in Sydney as well as in the country. Unpleasant interjections were recurring and added to the excitement of the meetings and the ever changing mood of the electors posed sometimes problems for the candidates…

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Boycotting Liberal leadership election

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 17 June 1976 · page 12

LONDON: The Liberal Friends of Israel, of which the former party leader Mr Jeremy Thorpe is a founding patron, are worried by a widespread trend among Jewish Liberals to boycott the election for his successor because of the anti-Israel position of one of the…

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Begin urges early election

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 17 June 1976 · page 11

JERUSALEM: Opposition leader, Menahem Begin, last week called for early elections to the Knesset in September to put an end to the uncertainty regarding Israel’s attitude towards the fate…

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Polarisation in Italian elections

Tribune · Wednesday 23 June 1976 · page 1

ITALY: The Italia i Communist Party made substantial gains in the general election completed 1 yesterday. As Tribune went to press the counting was incomplete,…

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U.S. elections) Democrats Pledging Strong Israeli Line

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 1 July 1976 · page 1

WASHINGTON: The Democratic Party’s election Middle East program which was drawn up by a sub-committee last week, and which, in many respects, was pro-Israel, has not only been approved by the Party’s full platform committee, but strengthened - again in Israel’s favour…

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International News Italy: The mood on the eve of a curious election

Tribune · Wednesday 7 July 1976 · page 9

Brian McGahen, a Sydney communist, was in Italy at the time of the recent election. He sent Tribune his impressions on the eve of the…

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Italian Elections not so curious

Tribune · Wednesday 14 July 1976 · page 11

Italians are amazed at some things in Tribune on July 7 in the article called, Italy; The mood, on the eve of a curious election.' For example, the writer Brian McGahen says…

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The U.s. Presidential Elections and the Invisible Left

Tribune · Wednesday 14 July 1976 · page 6

This week the Democratic Party will choose its Presidential candidate. Jimmy Carter will be that candidate, barring major upsets. Meanwhile, in the Republican Party, the battle goes on between Ford and Reagan. But what is the American left doing? JANNA THOMPSON, from the United States, says…

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More Wizo Elections

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 29 July 1976 · page 23

Further elections took place within Wizo recently and several new faces appear in the executive lists of the various groups. CHEN…

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Maccabi election Brandon “Home” in Close Vote

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 5 August 1976 · page 28

Phil Brandon retained his leadership of NSW Maccabi at its annual meeting last week. But lie gained only a…

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