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Politics & elections, 1987

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Bb Elections

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 26 March 1987 · page 20

MELBOURNE: The Victorian B’nai B’rith Anti-Defamation Committee recently elected its new…

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S.U. Election Notice Corrections Dates

Tharunka · Monday 30 March 1987 · page 32

Contrary to the information published in the last issue of Tharunka, nominations for the general elections will close at 12.30 pm on Thursday 16th April. The draw for positions on…

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S. U. Election Notice By-election . Chairperson

Tharunka · Monday 30 March 1987 · page 31

A casual vacancy exists in the position of Chairperson of the Students’ Union, This position will be filled by an election held at the meeting of SU Cornell held at 6 pm on Tuesday 7th April in the John Clark Gallery, 3rd floor, Squarehouse. The position is open to undergraduate students Who have re-enrolled after one…

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UNIONS Progressive win in Clerks' election

Tribune · Wednesday 1 April 1987 · page 5

MELBOURNE: Victorian members of the Federated Clerks Union (FCU) have elected a progressive candidate…

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INDIA Left gains in state elections

Tribune · Wednesday 1 April 1987 · page 6

Left fronts won stunning victories in last week's elections in two states. In West Bengal the Left Front…

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L’election Presidentielle

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 10 April 1987 · page 1

M. Jacques Chirac a implicitement confirmé sa candidature à l'élection présidentielle et esquissé thèmes de sa campagne électorale,…

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Elections Aux Iles Wallis Et Futuna

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 10 April 1987 · page 4

M. Falakiko Gata, dirigeant de l'Union populaire locale (UPL) de Futuna, a été élu, le mardi 17 mars, président de la nouvelle Assemblée…

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Election Raves!

Tharunka · Monday 27 April 1987 · page 28

This was the only policy statement that Tharunka received that was typed, double spaced and with a 2 cm left hand margin, as well as being correctly indicated on the nomination form. It was also submitted with the…

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INDONESIA Suharto "wins" elections

Tribune · Wednesday 29 April 1987 · page 6

Suharto's Golkar won a predictably huge majority in the "elections" held last week in Indonesia…

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Analysis Election Fever

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 7 May 1987 · page 5

The fate of peace talks may hang on the election day whims of no more than 200,000 Israelis who compromise the proverbial “floating vote.”…

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Snippets Su Elections Need Condoms?

Tharunka · Tuesday 19 May 1987 · page 16

The recent SU elections were notorious for two things. Firstly, the tampering with the seals on the ballot boxes. In case you hadn't…

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No elections now, but Labour still trying

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 28 May 1987 · page 1

The national unity government rent by the Labour-Likud disagreement over an international peace conference - was still hanging on…

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A.t.a.e.a Nsw Branch Election

Filmnews · Monday 1 June 1987 · page 2

The Australian Electoral Commission recently notified members of the forthcoming NSW Branch Executive election. To vote…

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Election Fever!

Tharunka · Tuesday 2 June 1987 · page 4

The May mini-budget went down well (deflected no doubt by a Pacific holiday resort suddenly becoming more than a place for Caucasians to inflict potentially fatal cases of skin cancer upon themselves), the Coalition split…

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Buy-elections?

Tharunka · Tuesday 2 June 1987 · page 41

Dear Eds As you are probably aware, according to the SU constitution, the majority of councillors on the Students'…

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ELECTIONS Hawke, Howard: on a one-way track

Tribune · Wednesday 3 June 1987 · page 3

At last week's Premiers' Conference, Tasmania's Liberal Premier Robin Gray advised Bob Hawke: "If you are going to have an election you'd better go sooner rather than later, because these cuts will hurt ordinary…

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The economy cannot wait Avi Temkin believes that elections should beheld immediately

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 4 June 1987 · page 9

THE DANGER to the economy posed by elections is one of the arguments which opponents of an early poll have put forward in the…

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ELECTIONS Labor's hold shaky, while Libs shift right

Tribune · Wednesday 10 June 1987 · page 2

The Hawke government's election prospects are beginning to look grim as the campaign progresses…

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Victoria's alternative candidates

Tribune · Wednesday 10 June 1987 · page 16

MELBOURNE: The Industrial Labor Party (ILP), formed by expelled ALP Socialist Left member Bill Hartley, will…

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ELECTIONS Joh's down, but the New Right forges on

Tribune · Wednesday 10 June 1987 · page 15

Labor stalwarts smirked and chortled last week as the "Joh for Canberra" campaign died an inglorious…

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