We vote against those we don't want Democratic elections are rarely an opportunity to choose the best man; rather, they are an opportunity to get rid of the bums, writes Yosef Goell
The Australian Jewish News · Friday 14 May 1999 · page 16
ELECTIONS should be the occasion for the proudest celebration of the democratic system. In practice, they are often…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Hello from Paris Les élections européennes du 13 juin 1999
Le Courrier Australien · Thursday 20 May 1999 · page 10
Les européennes auront lieu, dans tous l'Union européenne, en…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The European Elections of 13 June 1999
Le Courrier Australien · Thursday 20 May 1999 · page 11
I will be held in all the member states of the European Union in June 1999. More than 270 millions…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Les êlections europêennes du 13 juin
Le Courrier Australien · Thursday 20 May 1999 · page 19
Plus de 2 70 millions d'électeurs européens se rendront aux urnes le 13 juin désigner au suffrage universel les 626 députés qui les représenterontau…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Israel’s Election We achieved our aims — Mordechai
The Australian Jewish News · Friday 21 May 1999 · page 13
JERUSALEM: Centre Party leader Yitzhak Mordechai this week expressed delight that most of his party’s aims have been achieved, including “overturning the regime”…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →this week Israel's election earthquake
The Australian Jewish News · Friday 21 May 1999 · page 3
JERUSALEM: With two million Israelis voting for Ehud Barak in this week’s election, the seismic shift in the political landscape has…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Israel's Election Final Knesset tally
The Australian Jewish News · Friday 28 May 1999 · page 14
JERUSALEM: While the suspense was over for most of the country within hours of the close of polling, nerve-wracked officials spent the following day chain-smoking in the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Labour wins Masada election
The Australian Jewish News · Friday 28 May 1999 · page 10
MASADA College students voted Ehud Barak’s Labour-led One Israel party into power in a mock election held to coincide with the Israeli election. Held on Yom Yerushalayim, the Year 10 and 11 students were assigned to one of seven participating political parties. Following a presentation of Israeli election television advertising…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fiji Elections: Media Waits for Coup, Voters Wait for Results
The Chaser · Wednesday 2 June 1999 · page 12
Last week, a Labour government was elected in Fiji. Last time that happened it ended up in a coup. Our Suva correspondent reports that Fiji's first non-indigenous Prime Minister will have trouble staying in power. The international media flew into Fiji last week and flew out again a few days later. Journalists new to…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Shmooze on Friday Couple Splits Over Election
The Australian Jewish News · Friday 4 June 1999 · page 9
THE recent Israeli election has prompted the break-up of a 52-year marriage. Esther Yaron said her husband…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Ben Stirling's Sixty Word Analysis This week's topic: The Indonesian Elections
The Chaser · Wednesday 16 June 1999 · page 4
The tardiness of the count in the Indonesian elections is creating tension between competing interests. The whole…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Elections Européennes: La Gauche En Tête
Le Courrier Australien · Friday 25 June 1999 · page 28
A lors que dans plusieurs autres pays européens, dont l'A llemagne et l'Angleterre, les listes de gauche ont sensiblement reculé aux élections européennes du 13 juin face à celles du centre-droit, en France c'est celle du socialiste François Hollande qui a recueilli le…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Elections Europeennes Faible participationen en Caiédonie
Le Courrier Australien · Friday 25 June 1999 · page 31
Les électeurs de Nile-Caiédonie étaient appelés aux urnes, le dimanche 13 juin, pour renouveler le Parlement européen. La participation a été très faible : 27,92%…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →Discussing the Israeli election
The Australian Jewish News · Friday 25 June 1999 · page 30
A POST-Netanyahu Israel will be the focus of a discussion at North Shore Synagogue on July 5. To be held in the Victor Smith Hall, the…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →Student Guild General Elections Notice Nominations Open On Monday 23 August 1998 for the following Positions
Tharunka · Tuesday 17 August 1999 · page 36
PRESIDENT A full time officer who is the official spokesperson for the Guild and chairs the Administrative Team. VICE PRESIDENT (EDUCATION/WELFARE)…
Continued on Trove, page 36 →Council Elections Council election: Several Jewish candidates will be contesting seats in the council elections which will be held throughout New South Wales on September 11. Sharon Labi profiles some of them. Barry Lazarus
The Australian Jewish News · Friday 20 August 1999 · page 8
A LONG-TIME resident of Ku-ring-gai, with strong links to the local Jewish community, Barry Lazarus attempted to win election to council in the 1995 elections - losing by a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Jewish candidates Lesli Berger
The Australian Jewish News · Friday 20 August 1999 · page 9
LESLI Berger, 22, is in a winning position. Number two candidate for the Liberal Party in the Bellevue Hill ward of Woollahra Council, he is the only one of three Jewish candidates…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Not Enough Crime! Nsw elections postponed
The Chaser · Monday 23 August 1999 · page 3
SYDNEY (Friday): The release of statistics showing decreasing crime rates has threatened to delay the next NSW election. Both the State Government and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Queensland Nationals to Run Banana at Next Election
The Chaser · Monday 23 August 1999 · page 1
BRISBANE (Monday): There was embarrassment today at the head office of the National Party, with the branch members of two…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Council elections: Jewish candidates Ben Haneman
The Australian Jewish News · Friday 27 August 1999 · page 11
The AJN continues its profiles of Jewish candidates standing in the council elections on…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →