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Sydney · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1984

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Economy May Spark Election

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 12 January 1984 · page 1

JERUSALEM: Israel could face an early election unless disputes within the ruling coalition over budget cuts are resolved, Deputy…

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Union Election Right wing candidates exploit Hawke image in Union ballot

Tribune · Wednesday 25 January 1984 · page 2

The rightwing's exploitation of the popularity and image of the Prime Minister, Bob Hawke, in election material for current ballots being conducted for the metal workers union, has alarmed members of the labor…

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Union Elction Left wins, loses some in union elections

Tribune · Wednesday 25 January 1984 · page 4

HOBART: The defeat of progressive candidates in the Tasmanian metalworkers union branch elections last December can be attributed more to anger over the union's opposition to the Franklin dam than any general…

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Right Exploits Hawke Image in Union Elections Job Crisis

Tribune · Wednesday 25 January 1984 · page 1

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Union Election Amfsu poll battle Intensifies: rightwing now running radio ads

Tribune · Wednesday 1 February 1984 · page 5

Election campaigns for national and Queensland positions within the metal workers union (AMFSU)…

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Union Election Rightwing group goes to court to stop union Paper

Tribune · Wednesday 8 February 1984 · page 4

SYDNEY: The rightwing campaign in the current ballot for a national position and several Queensland state positions in the metal workers union (AMFSU) escalated…

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NSW Corruption issue bites deeply at NSW Labor's Election chances

Tribune · Wednesday 15 February 1984 · page 3

SYDNEY: The threat by Liberal Opposition Leader Greiner to "name names" of people who appear in the transcripts of the…

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Union Election Right spends $14M on AMFSU campaign

Tribune · Wednesday 15 February 1984 · page 5

SYDNEY: The rightwing "reform group" challenging progressive candidates in elections currently being held in the metal workers union (AMFSU) have spent almost a quarter of a million dollars in their campaign, it is…

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Union Election Left in strong position In new TWU election

Tribune · Wednesday 15 February 1984 · page 4

Voting in elections for the Queensland branch of the Transport Workers Union (TWU) began last Monday, and…

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Union Election Relief at narrow margin of rightwing victory

Tribune · Wednesday 22 February 1984 · page 4

SYDNEY: Reaction to the metal workers union (AMFSU) election result from within the union has generally been one of relief, even though the progressive candidate for national organiser was defeated by a…

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Nicaraguan Elections Young revolutionaries win vote in Nicaraguan elections

Tribune · Wednesday 29 February 1984 · page 7

Nicaragua's Sandinista government has announced that it will hold elections on November 4. Will Silk reports…

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ELECTIONS Libs policy will slash public service and boost Profits

Tribune · Wednesday 14 March 1984 · page 3

Behind the corruption smokescreen, the Liberal Party's policies for the NSW election present a frightening prospect. If they are successful on March 24, significant sections of the…

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COMMENT Electioneering and the legitimacy of IWD

Tribune · Wednesday 14 March 1984 · page 3

International Women's Day celebrations last year were disrupted when Fraser called the federal election for March 5, a…

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Election date to counter invasion plans

Tribune · Wednesday 14 March 1984 · page 9

Managua: On Tuesday, February 21, in the Plaza de la Revolution, 200,000 Nicaraguans roared…

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Union Election Qld TWU branch split after election

Tribune · Wednesday 14 March 1984 · page 4

BRISBANE: The progressive team standing in the rerun of last year's Transport Workers Union (TWU) Queensland elections…

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ELECTIONS Public sector unions call truce with Wran govt

Tribune · Wednesday 14 March 1984 · page 5

SYDNEY: This month's NSW election has seen a temporary truce in relations between the Wran government and sections of the union movement which it has been at odds with…

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ELECTIONS Libs policy provokes strong opposition

Tribune · Wednesday 21 March 1984 · page 3

After a strong start in the first week of the NSW state election campaign, the Liberal and National parties…

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ELECTIONS Despite win, problems remain for NSW Labor

Tribune · Wednesday 28 March 1984 · page 3

Labor is back in power in NSW for the next four years despite the loss of 10 or 11 seats and a statewide swing…

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Labor Movement More evidence of NCC interference in union elections

Tribune · Wednesday 28 March 1984 · page 5

The ACTU Executive last week reaffirmed its condemnation of outside interference in union affairs, after receiving evidence of NCC interference in recent AMFSU and Australian Teachers' Federation elections…

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Ei Salvador Us Public relations the big loser in election farce

Tribune · Wednesday 28 March 1984 · page 6

The following background article on the El Salvador presidential elections, by David Mcknight, was drawn largely…

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