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Politics & elections, 1982

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Volleyball Elections

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 11 February 1982 · page 27

Harry Wrublewski has been re-elected for his second term as president of NSW Maccabi Volleyball…

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Vic elections-April 3

Tribune · Wednesday 17 February 1982 · page 7

MELBOURNE: Premier Thompson's announcement last week of Victoria's election date was greeted with relief by most in…

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A Victorian Labor government: prospects for change? With a state election just over a month away, all recent public opinion polls in Victoria have shown the ALP comfortably ahead. The Morgan Gallup poll published in January gave the ALP a staggering 20

Tribune · Wednesday 24 February 1982 · page 16

An uneasy mood of expectancy now pervades the labor movement in Victoria. Everyone expects that there will be a state Labor government in office after April 3, the first for 26 years…

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Rank and file win union elections

Filmnews · Monday 1 March 1982 · page 1

The rank and file group, thanks to a tremendous response from the membership, have won all the positions they contested in the recent Australian Theatrical…

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Les Elections Au Conseil Superieur Des Français De L'etranger

Le Courrier Australien · Wednesday 10 March 1982 · page 1

De nouvelles dispositions ont été formulées par le gouvernement régissant l'élection de délégués au supérieur des Français de…

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Vic Libs buy-off anti-woman lobby The Victorian Liberal government is trying to "buy off '' the state's influential anti-abortion lobby, according to Roger Wilson, Communist Party candidate for the seat of Melbourne

Tribune · Wednesday 10 March 1982 · page 16

Over $400,000 of the $800,000 allocated to pregnancy counselling under the newly announced "Family Life Program" is going to groups opposed to abortion, Mr Wilson said…

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Election candidate

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 11 March 1982 · page 2

I, Edward Lane, a resident of the Montefiore Home have nominated for a seat on the board of…

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Netball Elections

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 11 March 1982 · page 28

Rachel Marshall has been re-elected president of the NSW Maccabi Netball Club. She was re-elected at the…

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Quest of Nations Seeks Candidates

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 11 March 1982 · page 26

Representatives of ethnic communities are invited to participate in this year’s Quest of Nations. The quest, sponsored by Qantas Airways and the…

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Housing a big issue in Vic election by a Victorian correspondent

Tribune · Wednesday 24 March 1982 · page 3

In the run-up to the Victorian state elections, the Liberal and Labor parties are both pushing their schemes for relieving the…

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Salvador'election' farce fails Reagan faces big problem as fascist looks set to win

Tribune · Wednesday 31 March 1982 · page 7

The "elections" in El Salvador last Sunday proved to be the grisly farce they were predicted to be. Over 24 hours after the vote, only 180,000 votes had been recorded. The junta's electoral office predicted that this would…

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Lines set in AMWSU election battle

Tribune · Wednesday 31 March 1982 · page 4

SYDNEY: Nominations for the three top positions in the Metal Workers Union (AMWSU) closed last week. The ballot will be held in June…

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Tas. election hangs on dam Issue

Tribune · Wednesday 31 March 1982 · page 3

The Holgate minority government collapsed last Friday on the dams issue, and Tasmanians will go to the polls…

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Victorian- style picnics and Elections

Tribune · Wednesday 31 March 1982 · page 15

Some 150 people attended the Tribune Picnic in Melbourne's Princes Park on March 21. The crowd took advantage of the…

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Qld ALP gains in elections

Tribune · Wednesday 7 April 1982 · page 3

BRISBANE: Local government elections held throughout Queensland on March 27 demonstrated massive discontent…

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Trois Candidats Aux Elections Du C.s.f.e

Le Courrier Australien · Saturday 10 April 1982 · page 1

Trois candidats se sont fait connaître pour les deux postes à pourvoir représentant notre région au Conseil supérieur des Français de l'étranger. sont MM. Michel-Henri Carrioi, Aymar de Lastours et Marcel Rista. (Voir 13.)…

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Participation a L’election Des Membres Du Conseil Superieur Des Francais De L’etranger Les Candidats

Le Courrier Australien · Saturday 10 April 1982 · page 13

La date pour réfection Conseil supérieur des Français à l'étranger a été fixée au 23 mai 1982. L'élection aura lieu au scrutin de liste,…

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The Architectural Event of the Century Toni Rodi Claims Our New Parliament House Is a Disaster

Tharunka · Tuesday 13 April 1982 · page 7

It was billed as the “Architectural Event of the Century”. An international competition to select a design for a National Parliament was launched by Liberal Prime Minister, Malcolm Fraser, on the 22nd of November 1978, when he…

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In Brief Malaysian elections

Tribune · Wednesday 14 April 1982 · page 7

Malaysia: General elections on April 22 are certain to return a majority for the ruling National Front headed by Prime Minister…

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Salvadoran representative on election fraud & US Invasion danger

Tribune · Wednesday 14 April 1982 · page 16

Rafael Gonzalez is a member of the International Commission of the Democratic Revolutionary Front (FDR) of El Salvador, and a leader of the Popular Social Christian Movement. He spoke in Sydney last…

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