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Politics & elections, 1985

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Court explains why it let Kahane run in 1984 election

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 30 May 1985 · page 8

More than 10 months after upholding the right of Meir Kahane’s Kach and the leftist Progressive List for Peace to run in last July’s Knesset…

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Union Elections a case for reforms

Tribune · Wednesday 5 June 1985 · page 4

PERTH: A Reform Team is contesting the elections for the Federated Liquor and Allied Industries Union (FLAIU) in Western Australia. Mike Davids, their spokesperson and candidate for the secretary's position, talked to Tribune about some of the reforms needed in the unions…

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University Union Elections

Tharunka · Thursday 6 June 1985 · page 4

The recent elections for Ordinary and Life Members of the University Union Board of Management had a massive…

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Coa Elections

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 6 June 1985 · page 20

Communal personality, Myer Kangan was reelected president of the Sydney Centre on Ageing at…

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NZ by-election defeat sends consumption tax message

Tribune · Wednesday 26 June 1985 · page 2

The dramatic loss of a strong Labour seat on June 15 in a by-election has been seen as a protest vote against the…

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Union Elections Liquor union leadership "slack"

Tribune · Wednesday 3 July 1985 · page 4

GOLDSWORTHY: Catering workers in the Pilbara region of Western Australia are concerned at the lack of interest their union,…

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WA cops to stand for parliament

Tribune · Wednesday 10 July 1985 · page 15

PERTH: WA police have moved to field candidates in the next federal election and hope that up to eight candidates will be…

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ZIMBABWE Smith gains in Zimbabwe elections upset

Tribune · Wednesday 10 July 1985 · page 6

The final tally of the Zimbabwe elections has seen Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF swept back into…

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Workers Health Cain rushes Work-care program through parliament

Tribune · Wednesday 17 July 1985 · page 5

MELBOURNE: Legislation for the Cain government's three-pronged work care program is being rushed through Parliament following unions' approval for the three bills of the program: accident compensation,…

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Council Election Turmoil

Tharunka · Tuesday 23 July 1985 · page 4

Inter-Council elections for the 33rd Students’ Union Council were thrown into turmoil half an hour before the close of…

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Sydney University Elections

Tharunka · Tuesday 23 July 1985 · page 4

As Tharunka goes to press, Sydney University students go to vote for the 58th Sydney University Students’…

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SA teachers election battle

Tribune · Wednesday 31 July 1985 · page 4

ADELAIDE: Elections in the state teachers union (SAIT) are underway, with the conservative leadership using…

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KANAKY Police raids threaten regional elections

Tribune · Wednesday 7 August 1985 · page 6

Tension rose in Kanaky last week as some 400 heavily- armed French gendarmes based in the nickel-mining town…

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Elections at Macquarie Uni

Tharunka · Monday 19 August 1985 · page 6

It's election time at Macquarie University Student Council (MUSC). The ruling “Student Unity” group is fighting off a challenge by the…

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Newcastle Elections

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 22 August 1985 · page 5

Raymond Shroot was elected president of the Newcastle Hebrew Congregation at its recent…

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Union Election Doubts over Postal Union elections

Tribune · Wednesday 4 September 1985 · page 16

Federal parliamentarians, senior NSW ALP members, and money from organised crime have all been…

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Left wins uni elections

Tribune · Wednesday 4 September 1985 · page 15

SYDNEY: Earlier this year, Marian Theobald published an article in the Sydney Morning Herald charting the drift to…

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Macquarie Election Results

Tharunka · Thursday 5 September 1985 · page 29

Your Tharunka of August 19, 1985, 11, is well out of date and behind the times in its report on the Macquarie Uni. Student Representative…

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OPINION If elections were held now Poll shows big gains by Kahane, swing from Likud

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 5 September 1985 · page 14

COMPARED TO 1984 election results, non-coalition parties, especially Meir Kahane’s Kach and the ultranationalist Tehiya, scored…

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Elections En Nouvelle-caledonie

Le Courrier Australien · Tuesday 10 September 1985 · page 3

Le Journal officiel du mercredi 28 août publie le décret de convocation des électeurs de la Nouvelle-Calédonie pour les élections régionales. Le scrutin…

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