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Politics & elections, 1989

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Alternative groups make mark in WA election

Tribune · Wednesday 1 February 1989 · page 3

Three environmental-oriented groups are among the many smaller parties contesting the WA elections next Saturday. Gladys Yarran, the first Aboriginal woman to stand for the WA parliament is an upper house candidate for the Alternative Coalition, while a full slate of Aboriginal…

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NSW Transport Workers Union election: Will the real reform group please stand up?

Tribune · Wednesday 1 February 1989 · page 3

Will the real reform ticket stand up? In the campaign leading up to the election of officials in the Transport Workers Union in March this year, the NSW right wing…

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AWU buys in to Nsw Twu elections

Tribune · Wednesday 15 February 1989 · page 4

Another shot has been fired in the hotly disputed NSW Transport Workers Union (TWU) elections as ballot pacers…

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Correction WA Elections

Tribune · Wednesday 22 February 1989 · page 2

The article "New Right Setback in Pilbara Vote" in last week's Tribune contained two serious factual errors which arose from a sub-editing error and were…

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Progressive teams contest local election

Tribune · Wednesday 22 February 1989 · page 12

ACT: A number of progressive independent teams are standing in the ACT Assembly elections on March 4…

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West Germany Greens make gains in Berlin State election

Tribune · Wednesday 1 March 1989 · page 5

The West Berlin Green-Alternatives made important gains in the recent elections in the city, winning nearly 12%…

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Likud gains seen in country-wide municipal elections

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 3 March 1989 · page 1

The Likud was expected to seize control of several councils from Labour in the municipal elections which were to be held on Tuesday. While in the last 12 years the Likud has overtaken Labour in the Knesset, if has alwayslagged behind on the local scene. The ultra-Orthodox lists were not expected…

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Victorian government faces crucial by-election

Tribune · Wednesday 8 March 1989 · page 12

VICTORIA:The resignation of the late Pauline Toner, ALP member for the seat of Greensborough, means that…

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Vers le vote des étrangers aux élections locales

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 10 March 1989 · page 5

Par 149 voix contre 90 et 8 abstentions, le Parlement européen a adopté février à Strasbourg une résolution demandant aux pays de la Communauté…

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Local elections: Likud, ultra-Orthodox and Islamic fundamentalists won the day Labour loses its grip on local government

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 10 March 1989 · page 3

The [?] [?] the winner in some 50 out of 99 municipalities and local councils in last wrek’s local elections, redressing the imbalance in its local representation compared…

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Queensland -- what an election might hold

Tribune · Wednesday 22 March 1989 · page 7

It was another strange week in Queensland politics. The Ahern government recently announced that it was instructing all government…

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Yeltsin’s election may help Moscow Jews

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 31 March 1989 · page 4

THE POSSIBILITY that conditions for Soviet Jews could improve with the overwhelming election victory in Moscow of…

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Election by Merit

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 31 March 1989 · page 23

Sir, - Neither Likud’s euphoria nor Labour’s depression over the municipal election results is in my opinion justified. No credit or blame…

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Labor behind in Liverpool by-election polling

Tribune · Wednesday 5 April 1989 · page 3

Labor and Liberal polls leading up to the April 29 by-election both show Labor getting only 40% of first…

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Soviet elections a sign of new times

Tribune · Wednesday 5 April 1989 · page 5

Last week's sweeping victory of former Politbureau member Boris Yeltsin in the six million-stronp Moscow…

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The ALP & parliament

Tribune · Wednesday 12 April 1989 · page 7

Believing it to be a genuine socialist party, Jessie Street was a member of the ALP for ten years from 1939. She twice stood as a Labor candidate in federal…

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Polls apart - Soviet elections then and now

Tribune · Wednesday 12 April 1989 · page 9

Former Moscow News journalist Roger Milliss recalls the 1963 elections for the Supreme Soviet in the light of Mikhail Gorbachev's first…

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News Report Palestinians say no to Shamir But leave door open for elections with PLO involvement

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 14 April 1989 · page 2

Leading Palestinians in the territories rejected Prime Minister Shamir's proposal for elections in the territories, but left the door open for…

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Shamir pleased with results of talks; Bush welcomes premier’s ‘new ideas' U.S. and Israel disagree over elections in areas

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 14 April 1989 · page 1

Israel and the U.S. are expected to differ sharply over cardinal elements of Prime Minister Shamir’s proposals for elections in the administered territories, including the method of elections, supervision and the inclusion of East Jerusalem…

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By-elections for Student Union Council

Tharunka · Tuesday 18 April 1989 · page 19

The S.U. Council positions of the following Faculty representatives were declared vacant at the March meeting of S. U. Council, due to their absence from two consecutive meetings of Council without apology. They have been notified of their automatic resignation and will not be eligible to re-stand in the…

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