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Sydney · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1981

57 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 3

N. Caledonian parties divide on French elections

Tribune · Wednesday 22 April 1981 · page 6

NEW CALEDONIA: The different parties making up the Independence Front last month spelt out their attitudes to the coming French presidential elections. A Territorial Convention of the Independence Front…

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Guest at Parliament

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 23 April 1981 · page 3

State Opposition leader, John Mason, last week hosted a dinner at Parliament House in honor of Israel Consul-General David Ben-Dov. Members of the NSW Liberal Shadow Cabinet attended the gathering during which Mr Ben-Dov delivered a lecture on “Recent developments in the Middle…

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Planning election campaign

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 23 April 1981 · page 9

JERUSALEM (JCNS): The Likud is to hold its first national convention at the end of April, and…

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French elections: Mitterrand in with a chance

Tribune · Wednesday 29 April 1981 · page 2

The Socialist Party leader Francois Mitterrand has some chance of becoming the next President of France…

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Tv Election Policy Set

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 30 April 1981 · page 10

JERUSALEM: Party election propaganda, which will be broadcast during the 30-day period…

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L'election Au C.s.f.e

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 1 May 1981 · page 1

L'élection du délégué de l'Australie de la NouveUe-ZOande au Conseil supérieur des Français de l'étranger déroulera au début du mois de…

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Elections in Poland

Tribune · Wednesday 27 May 1981 · page 7

Elections for party posts and congress delegates are well under way. Similar elections are taking place in the newly-recognised…

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Right wing interferes In union elections

Tribune · Wednesday 27 May 1981 · page 5

MELBOURNE: The Victorian ALP says its policy of "noninterference in the internal affairs of the trade union…

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Les Resultats De L’election Presidentielle

Le Courrier Australien · Monday 1 June 1981 · page 1

FRANÇAIS NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE 73086…

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Les Elections Legislatives Confirmeront-elles Le Pouvoir De Francois Mitterrand?

Le Courrier Australien · Monday 1 June 1981 · page 1

Fidèle à ses déclarations faites pendant sa campagne électorale, le Président de la République, M. François Mitterrand, dès le passation des pouvoirs…

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Pour Les Elections Legislatives

Le Courrier Australien · Monday 1 June 1981 · page 8

Il est rappelé que pour les législatives France ne peuvent centres de vote établis dans les Consulats;…

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Elections More Entertaining Than a Students Union Meeting! More Enticing Than an Upper Campus Bar! More Exciting Than Being Stuck in a Lift with John Howard! Its the S.U. Election Spiels!

Tharunka · Tuesday 2 June 1981 · page 23

If elected to represent medical students on the Students' Union I would push for a fairer treatment of Medical students with regard to reducing the units of…

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Housing -- an election issue

Tribune · Wednesday 3 June 1981 · page 7

SYDNEY: Over 150 people packed into Redfern Town Hall on May 27 to discuss the severe housing crisis, and plan activities…

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Wharfies' election

Tribune · Wednesday 3 June 1981 · page 4

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Building Society candidate

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 4 June 1981 · page 28

Jewish engineer, Fritz Pojer, of Middle Cove, is seeking election to…

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Women dragged from parliament

Tribune · Wednesday 10 June 1981 · page 2

CANBERRA: Police dragged about 80 women from Kings Hall in Parliament House last week after a protest over the end…

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Labor Election Promise New West Bank and Gaza policy with King Hussein

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 11 June 1981 · page 3

JERUSALEM: Israel’s opposition Labor Party will approach King Hussein, of Jordan, in a new West Bank and Gaza Strip initiative, if it wins the June 30 elections. Proposals to entice King…

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France after the elections

Tribune · Wednesday 1 July 1981 · page 6

TV cameras were at the Bourse (stock exchange) to cover the expected panic the morning after the Socialist landslide in the first round of the Assembly election on June 14. But the share index rose by half a point instead…

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Lessons of the ARU elections

Tribune · Wednesday 8 July 1981 · page 10

The strong support for the militant team in the triennial Victorian elections for the Australian Railways Union (ARU) is a significant achievement. All militant team candidates were elected with overwhelming…

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Election guide

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 9 July 1981 · page 18

Students on campuses throughout Australia received a broadsheet last week on the Israeli elections put…

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