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Politics & elections, 1983

76 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 4

Election Promises to Industry

Filmnews · Saturday 1 January 1983 · page 1

If election promises are anything to go by, no matter which party gets in, the film industry will do all right. The chances to the taxation legislation…

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WA election: CPA to stand against premier

Tribune · Wednesday 26 January 1983 · page 3

PERTH: As part of its contribution to the defeat of the government, the Communist Party of Australia (CPA) will…

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Tribune interviews Bob Brown: Taking the Wilderness to parliament

Tribune · Wednesday 2 February 1983 · page 16

Dr Bob Brown was admitted to the Tasmanian House of Assembly last week as an independent member for Hobart, following the resignation of Democrat conservationist MP Dr Norm Sanders…

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BHP sanctions call -- CPA candidate

Tribune · Wednesday 9 February 1983 · page 15

The Communist Party candidate for the seat of Newcastle, Darrell Dawson, this week called for economic…

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WA election

Tribune · Wednesday 9 February 1983 · page 10

Some of the ALP's most radical proposals concern electoral reform. WA has possibly the worst gerrymander in Australia. The only…

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Big effort needed in election campaign

Tribune · Wednesday 9 February 1983 · page 3

"The election campaign is a big opportunity for members of the Communist Party to promote socialist politics through extra…

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Unions to decide incomes package under election pressure

Tribune · Wednesday 9 February 1983 · page 4

The ACTU Special Unions Conference on February 21 and 22 to consider an agreement with the ALP around Prices and Incomes will be dominated by election fever and media attention…

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La Preparation Des Elections Municipales Francaises

Le Courrier Australien · Thursday 10 February 1983 · page 1

Paris .— Les électeurs paraissent peu tentés — c'est le moins que l'on puisse dire — de donner à la gauche une victoire aux élections municipales…

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Elections Municipales

Le Courrier Australien · Thursday 10 February 1983 · page 14

A l'occasion des élections municipales en France tes 6 et 13 mars il est rappelé à nos compatriotes que ceux d'entre eux qui sont…

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CPA election candidates

Tribune · Wednesday 16 February 1983 · page 15

Communist Party candidates in the coming federal elections will campaign for the defeat of the Fraser government and for a…

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The real issues in the election

Tribune · Wednesday 16 February 1983 · page 10

On the previous pages we've shown how the great power of big corporations influences and shapes our society and people's lives. Governments also have great power, but they rarely if ever choose to use it against the corporations. Fraser's…

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WA dispute simmers on election eve

Tribune · Wednesday 16 February 1983 · page 5

PERTH: The possibility of an industrial explosion days before the West Australian election next Saturday has arisen as the…

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WA state election: Libs in trouble

Tribune · Wednesday 16 February 1983 · page 16

The likely outcome of the West Australian state elections on February 19 remains unclear as the campaign enters its last days. Liberal Premier Ray O'Connor's tactics are to allow the campaign to run dead…

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Leaders Answer Election Questions

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 24 February 1983 · page 3

Australian Jewry along with all other citizens are vitally concerned in the electoral process. As well as an interest in those issues which are canvassed daily in the general media, there are…

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Page Fifteen Migrant needs: key issue in elections

Tribune · Wednesday 2 March 1983 · page 15

A revision of Australian immigration policy, to give priority to extended family reunion, should be a big issue in…

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Election warning: Extremists stand

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 3 March 1983 · page 1

Candidates from the extreme left and extreme right of the political spectrum are seeking to represent NSW in the Senate in Saturday’s…

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Candidate fights rumors

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 3 March 1983 · page 3

The Australian Labor Party candidate for Phillip, Jeannette McHugh this week…

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Readers Write a Forum of Opinion by Jewish Times Readers Do not malign ALP candidate

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 3 March 1983 · page 2

At election time politicians like journalists seem to consider that anything will do for truth or…

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Another Year’s ‘Brace’ Fob Boren Chief Rabbinate election could be postponed again

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 3 March 1983 · page 11

JERUSALEM: The question of whether Israel should finally have one Chief Rabbi as a symbol of unity between Ashkenazim and Sephardim or whether…

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Victory for McHUGH Jeannette McHUGH ALP Candidate for PHILLIP

Tharunka · Monday 7 March 1983 · page 5

Jeanette McHugh, patroness of the Students’ Union, was ecstatic last Sunday morning when she won the Eastern Suburbs seat of Phillip. She…

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