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Politics & elections, 1988

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

Jewish prayer possible at Parliament House opening

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 15 January 1988 · page 1

CANBERRA: The opening ceremonies for new Parliament House in May will include a form of religious observance including a “representation” of the…

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Les Elections Legislatives En Belgique

Le Courrier Australien · Monday 18 January 1988 · page 20

Nette défaite en Flandre des sociaux chrétiens du premier ministre sortant M. Wilfrid Martens, qui pendent six sièges ; victoire tout aussi nette en Wallonie…

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Les Elections Au Vanuatu Walter Uni a Perdu Des Voix

Le Courrier Australien · Monday 18 January 1988 · page 6

Le Vanuaaku Pati, le parti de Walter Linf, a rempoité les élections législatives du 30 novembre au Vanuatu, mais enregistré un net recul des voix…

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Le Statut De La Nlle-CALEDONIE Est Definitivement Adopte Un an Pour Organiser Des Elections Territoriales

Le Courrier Australien · Monday 18 January 1988 · page 4

A Paris, le mois dernier, les députés ont définitivement adopté par 291 voix contre 283, le statut de la Nouvelle-Calédonie — le quatrième en trois ans…

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NEWS Progressive team in NSW elections

Tribune · Wednesday 3 February 1988 · page 2

The campaign of Jack Mundey's team for the NSW Upper House was launched in historic Woolloomooloo last Monday. Mundey introduced the…

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Scargill wins re-election

Tribune · Wednesday 3 February 1988 · page 4

Arthur Scargill has been reelected president of the British National Union of Miners (NUM) following union-run pit-head…

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Wednesday, January 27, 1988 An election-year budget

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 5 February 1988 · page 24

THE STATE BUDGET for the coming fiscal year was tabled at the Knesset yesterday. A hefty bundle of NIS 52.5 billion, it still carries restraint as its hallmark, and is supposed not to be affected by the general elections due in November. The major…

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Elections Territoriales Le 24 Avril ?

Le Courrier Australien · Wednesday 10 February 1988 · page 9

En Nouvelle-Calédonie, les élections régionales consécutives au nouveau statut auront lieu le même jour que le premier tour des élections présidentielles…

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Aboriginal team in NSW elections

Tribune · Wednesday 10 February 1988 · page 12

"We stand on our record -- 40,000 years of caring for our country", states the Aboriginal team standing for the Legislative Council in the…

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’88 election is harder to forecast than previous ones The unpredictable floaters

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 12 February 1988 · page 7

ISRAEL’S FIRST eight elections were relatively clear-cut affairs in regard to who would rule the country. Labour and its Mapai…

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NSW Elections: Unsworth responds to Independents' campaign

Tribune · Thursday 25 February 1988 · page 3

The past fortnight has seen a chameleon-like transformation of NSW Premier Barrie Unsworth's public persona. With a make or break election pending, the man who rose to power through the ranks of Labors rightwing machine, rules with its formidable backing and…

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INTERNATIONAL Election campaigning -- US style

Tribune · Thursday 25 February 1988 · page 5

The Republican Party has as its symbol the elephant -- stately animal or rogue beast? The Democratic Party's symbol is the…

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Elections

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 4 March 1988 · page 5

WITH THE State election date falling on Saturday, March 19, postal and absentee voting applications should be made, Rabbi David…

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Elections '88

Tharunka · Tuesday 8 March 1988 · page 9

The striking thing about elections is how few times they actually create change of government. In post-war Britain, America and Australia the number of times a political party loses government after only one…

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State Election 88.... Another Bicentennial Project ? Do Not Pass Independent Clover Moore

Tharunka · Tuesday 8 March 1988 · page 26

I got my education in politic’s the hard way. Ten years ago I and some local people set out to achieve a few things for Redfern, where we live. Simple things like playgrounds, some trees, and safety houses for…

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State Election 88.... Another Bicentennial Project ? Sandra Nori Alp

Tharunka · Tuesday 8 March 1988 · page 24

As the Member for McKell in State Parliament I would make student accommodation one of my prime concerns. I…

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Women meet with candidates

Tribune · Wednesday 9 March 1988 · page 12

SYDNEY: About 150 women turned up at Glebe Town Hall last Thursday to hear seven progressive independent and two left ALP…

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Le Calendrier Des Elections Presidentielles

Le Courrier Australien · Thursday 10 March 1988 · page 3

Les élections présidentielles françaises auront lieu les 24 avril et 8 mai. mandat de l'actuel Chef de l'Etat français s'achèvera, au plus tard, le 28…

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Times Review Nsw Elections 1988

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 11 March 1988 · page 15

AS A SERVICE to its readers in the lead-up to the 1988 NSW State Elections, the Australian Jewish Times devised a questionnaire which it intended putting to the Labor and Liberal candidates in the…

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Election talk as Likud-Labour rift widens Shamir’s dilemma - how to reply to U.S. proposal

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 11 March 1988 · page 1

Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir was on the spot this week, following the submission of the U.S. peace plan by Secretary of State George…

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