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Politics & elections, 1989

75 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 4

The Left, The Elections and Beyond

Tharunka · Monday 2 October 1989 · page 37

There has been a lot of anti-Resistance, anti-SWP shit flying around in the last few weeks. My aim is to clear up a lot of the lies being spread around and to get to the root…

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Chile tense before elections

Tribune · Wednesday 4 October 1989 · page 12

Diego Olivares, acting president of the Chilean trade union congress (CUT) at the ACTU Congress last week. He said tension was high in Chile in the lead-up to the December 14 national elections. "Since Pinochet was…

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Community Canberra community welcomes ZFA office ELECTIONS

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 27 October 1989 · page 21

THE ESTABLISHMENT of a Zionist Federation of Australia (ZFA) office in the National Jewish Centre in Canberra and the…

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Bannon bites the election bullet

Tribune · Wednesday 1 November 1989 · page 3

The Bannon government startled punters and political analysts by announcing a November 25 election last…

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Maccabi soccer elections

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 3 November 1989 · page 35

FORMER secretary Ivan Bruce has been elected Maccabi Hakoah Soccer Club president. He is one of six executive…

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Deputies’ elections

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 3 November 1989 · page 5

FOR THE first time in four years, there will be contested elections for general franchise seats at the NSW Jewish Board of…

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Five parties running in labour federation elections How Kessar sewed it up

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 3 November 1989 · page 5

All five parties contesting the Histadrut elections submitted their lists of candidates last week to the labour federation’s central election…

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Chile's elections won't end military rule

Tribune · Wednesday 8 November 1989 · page 11

According to Juan Inostroza Chile still has a long way to go towards democracy…

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South Australian morals an election issue

Tribune · Wednesday 15 November 1989 · page 3

The state election campaign has taken a moralistic turn, with a strong push by the Call to Australia (CTA) party,…

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Austerity measures due after Histadrut election

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 17 November 1989 · page 3

The Treasury was expected to launch a package of new austerity measures this week, immediately after the Histadnit elections, which…

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JNF elections

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 1 December 1989 · page 21

JOHN LEVY was elected president of the Jewish National Fund (JNF) of South Australia at its annual meeting recently…

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Parliament seeks Wallenberg news

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 8 December 1989 · page 3

VICTORIAN Labor MP Lewis Kent, in federal parliament last week told how his maternal grandmother was given refuge…

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Election and awards for tenpin club

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 8 December 1989 · page 31

NSW MACCABI Tenpin Bowling Club has re-elected its executive almost unchanged. The executive continues to be…

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JMT All aboard a Breath of fresh air has blown through the NSW Jewry’s ship of state with the election of seven general franchise deputies under the age of 30 to the Board of Deputies

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 15 December 1989 · page 25

TMNE SPERLING, who currently exercises her artistic talent on the Board’s magazine Probe as its design and layout artist, is the youngest deputy at 21…

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The ideal candidate ‘knew he'd pull through’

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 22 December 1989 · page 6

AT ABOUT SIX o’clock on Lag ba’Omer eve, Yossi Melamed was getting ready to go to a bonfire in a nearby field with his wife and…

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