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Politics & elections, 1987

106 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 6

PHILIPPINES Massacre and election ban provokes crisis

Tribune · Wednesday 28 January 1987 · page 3

Fifteen Australians on study tours in the Philippines last Thursday witnessed the bloody massacre at Mendiola bridge near the presidential palace. David Avlett from Melbourne was in the front ranks of the…

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By-elections highlight opposition to monorail

Tribune · Wednesday 28 January 1987 · page 16

SYDNEY: As construction work continues on the foundations for the monorail nylons, Sydney Citizens Against…

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No planned PLO vote in NSW by-election

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 29 January 1987 · page 17

Independent candidate for the weekend’s Bankstown (NSW) byelection Kevin Ryan…

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BY-ELECTIONS Independents shake major parties

Tribune · Wednesday 4 February 1987 · page 3

The results of last weekend's by-elections in NSW show widespread disenchantment with the major parties and the possibility for progressive forces to make an impact…

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UNIONS Progressive push in nurses' election

Tribune · Wednesday 18 February 1987 · page 4

SYDNEY: A progressive group is challenging conservative control of the NSW Nurses Association in elections to be…

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On Parliament Hill

Tharunka · Monday 2 March 1987 · page 33

ON PARLIAMENT HILL at the Belvoir Street theatre deals with a somewhat astounding number of BIG issues - primarily the meaning of life, attitudes to living and dying, war, the situation of the working…

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ELECTIONS Pork-barrelling conservatives split

Tribune · Wednesday 4 March 1987 · page 2

by a special correspondent The Northern Territory is a conservative stronghold of the most brash and parochial type…

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PACIFIC South Pacific election fever

Tribune · Wednesday 4 March 1987 · page 6

It's election time in the South Pacific. Fiji goes to the polls in April, and Vanuatu in…

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IRELAND Sinn Fein looks at election results

Tribune · Wednesday 11 March 1987 · page 6

Gerry Adams, the president of Sinn Fein, says that the two percent his party won in the Irish Republic elections…

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East Timor New offensive before fake election

Tribune · Wednesday 11 March 1987 · page 6

After the failure of its last major offensive launched in East Timor last August, the Indonesian army is…

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'Persons power' in council elections

Tribune · Wednesday 11 March 1987 · page 16

SYDNEY: City Council independents who are strong favorites for the coming council elections fear that the state…

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Parliament acts on Israelis “invasion”

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 12 March 1987 · page 18

CANBERRA: The Mensch’s Report was tabled in Federal Parliament this week, providing conclusive proof of the infiltration of former Israelis into Australia…

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Su Elections Su Election Notices By-elections

Tharunka · Monday 16 March 1987 · page 39

At the close of nominations only one nomination had been received for the vacancy for the Faculty of Applied Science. I, therefore, declare Cathy HUGHES duly elected as General Representative from the Faculty of Applied Science to take office immediately and to hold office until the first meeting of the XXXVth Students' Union Council in July, 1987. There were no nominations received for the other vacancies before the announced closing time. The vacancy for the…

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Early election?

Tribune · Wednesday 18 March 1987 · page 3

As the political scene changes almost daily like a kaleidoscope, rumors and speculation abound about when the next federal election will be. Hawke has said repeatedly that hell run a full term until late this year or early next. However, an increasingly uncertain economic future and…

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Firefighters "blast" parliament

Tribune · Wednesday 25 March 1987 · page 4

CANBERRA: ACT fire- fighters took noisy action last Tuesday over the refusal of the Fire Commissioner to…

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John Whitehall: Senate candidate with CIA friends

Tribune · Wednesday 25 March 1987 · page 8

Dr John Whitehall, who will lead the NSW senate team of the "Moral Majority" Call to Australia in the coming federal elections,…

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Sydney City Council elections delayed

Tribune · Wednesday 25 March 1987 · page 16

SYDNEY: It now seems certain that elections for the City Councill will not be held this year. They are due in September,…

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Politics a May election - unless Peacock ousts Howard

Tribune · Wednesday 25 March 1987 · page 3

It's almost certain: an early federal election in May unless Peacock becomes leader of the Liberal Party. Howard's sacking of Peacock last Monday makes an early election almost impossible for Hawke to resist…

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Women lunch at Parliament House for Israel Appeal

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 26 March 1987 · page 32

More than 100 Jewish women made history last week when they answered a call to…

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Hakoah election “more than soccer survival”

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 26 March 1987 · page 39

Soccer is no longer the issue of next Monday’s election for the Hakoah Club board of directors, Ralph Hirst said this week…

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