Election 2007 Australia Decides
The Australian Jewish News · Friday 23 November 2007 · page 1
AUSTRALIA goes to the polls on Saturday and from a Jewish perspective, the political landscape is set to be altered significantly. Michael Danby is no longer set to be Australia’s sole federal Jewsih MP, with Mark Drey[?] QC, a near certainty to join him in parliament as the member for Isaacs, But, there could yet…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The battle for Wentworth My privilege to represent you After six weeks of pounding pavements, shaking hands and kissing babies, the 2007 Federal Election is upon us, and the eyes of the nation are on Wentworth, the most populous Jewish seat in Australia and one of the most hotly-contested seats in the country. Sitting Liberal member Malcolm Turnbull and Labor challenger George Newhouse make their final pitch for the vote. Nowhere in Australia is Jewish spirit and pride more evident than the seat of Wentworth. VIEWPOING
The Australian Jewish News · Friday 23 November 2007 · page 20
I REGARD it as an enormous privilege to represent Wentworth, the largest Jewish constituency in Australia, and greatly admire the Jewish community’s tireless…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Two Jews and lots of friends in parliament
The Australian Jewish News · Friday 30 November 2007 · page 1
LABOR’S Federal Election win on Saturday heralds a step into the unknown for the Jewish community, but there will be more Jews and more…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Election '07 Ajn Special Report Howard: a true friend John Howard has been a staunch ally of Israel and friend to the Australian Jewish community throughout his political career. He has visited Israel on a number of occasions and met regularly with community leaders
The Australian Jewish News · Friday 30 November 2007 · page 4
To mark the 10th anniversary of Howard’s leadership in early 2006, Isl Leibler (right) told The AJN that Howard is “today unquestionably Israel's greatest supporter in the international arena”…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ajn Special Report Election ’07 Liberals set to face the future VIEWPOINT The Liberal Party lost this election because of politics not values, and must fall in line quickly behind its new leader
The Australian Jewish News · Friday 30 November 2007 · page 3
THE election of Labor on Saturday has created a range of expectations that Kevin Rudd will find very hard to meet. He…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Around Australia Election Eve Visit in Adelaide
The Australian Jewish News · Friday 30 November 2007 · page 11
ADELAIDE - One of the last stops on the campaign trail for Sturt Liberal MP Christopher Pyne was Massada College. Pyne, who held his seat with the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The new government: threat or opportunity? VIEWPOINT The election of a Labor government should be seen as a positive outcome for the Jewish community, even if the majority of Jewish voters supported John Howard
The Australian Jewish News · Friday 30 November 2007 · page 2
THE Jewish community enjoyed an overwhelmingly warm relationship with the outgoing Howard Government. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Election ’07 Ajn Special Report Election wrap: results in the key Jewish seats WENTWORTH
The Australian Jewish News · Friday 30 November 2007 · page 2
YOUNG supporters sporting royal blue campaign T-shirts mobbed Malcolm Turnbull as he entered the Bondi-Waverley RSL close to 10…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Community reaction Robert Goot Is the ALP’s election win good for the Jews? Are there any issues for concern here or in Israel? Community leaders have their say about the end of John Howard’s 11-year stint as prime minister and the start of the Kevin Rudd era. President, Executive Council of Australian Jewry
The Australian Jewish News · Friday 30 November 2007 · page 1
“JOHN Howard as prime minister and Alexander Downer as foreign minister supported and defended the rights of Israel and its citizens…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Election ’07 Ajn Special Report Costello umplugged VIEWPOINT This is not the first time Peter Costello has pulled the pin when the top job was his for the taking. He did the same thing 20 years ago while a leading student politician and his Jewish mates still talk about it
The Australian Jewish News · Friday 30 November 2007 · page 1
AT first glance it was the long, flowing, golden locks; the booming laugh; and the oversized smile. He was a natural…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →By the numbers The 2007 Federal Election
The Australian Jewish News · Friday 30 November 2007 · page 2
26: Kevin Rudd is the 26th prime minister of Australia. 13,645,087: The number of people across Australia that were enrolled to vote…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On the Election Result
The Australian Jewish News · Friday 7 December 2007 · page 19
SUDDENLY the moral pollution that has hovered over this nation for so long has shown the first promise of clearing…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →And the Year’s Top Event... Federal Election: Changing of the guard
The Australian Jewish News · Friday 21 December 2007 · page 16
LAUDED by the Jewish community for his government’s unprecedented support for Israel, John Howard and his Coalition exit the political stage in November after…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →8 Nsw Election: a third Jewish MP
The Australian Jewish News · Friday 21 December 2007 · page 16
AUSTRALIAN Greens’ John Kaye, 51, becomes the third Jewish MP in the NSW Parliament following his election to the Upper House in the March state elections…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →My best cartoon: 2007 Federal Election
The Australian Jewish News · Friday 21 December 2007 · page 17
THE 2007 Federal Election campaign had been in full swing for a week and there was Labor’s strategy of “me-tooism”, sitting on…
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