Issue No 100 | 29 June 2001 | |
Letters to the EditorThe Life and Soul of the Party
Brett Evans correctly identifies that getting support requires differentiating yourself from your opponents.The question is how is Federal Labor going to do this? To convince voters to back us we must have attractive plans for education, health and a fair tax system that differentiate us and that people will vote for. My wish list for a Labor Policy agenda with concrete proposals that people will vote for includes Medicare: Lets stop proping up private insurers profits and plough the money into an expanded medicare service.70% of Australians left private insurance by 1996 so clearly this is an argument we can win. Education.A big shift in funding towards government schools.Thats where 80% of parents send their children so how about 8o% of the Federal funding. Fair tax.Why don't we just say we will get of the GST and get the extra GST revenue off the top 10% of income earners. Debate should be the Life and Soul of the Labor movement. I would like to hear from other Workers Online Readers who have views on what Labor needs to do to win. Paul Smith
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Interview: Baptism of Fire It�s been a rugged few weeks for Labor Council�s new honcho. But John Robertson accepts it comes with the territory. Politics: Seven Days that Shook Our World Chris Christolodulou surveys the wreckage from a week when the political and industrial wings of the labour movement collided. History: History Sometimes Repeat This is not the first Labor government to attack workers compensation entitlements. Some believe the Unsworth Government�s 1987 reforms were the beginning of the end for that administration. Technology: Unions Online: Where To Now? Social Change Online's Mark McGrath goes looking for what's on the virtual horizon for the union movement. Media: The Printed Word Revisited Rowan Cahill looks at the resurgence of the workers press and the lessons for unions in better communicating with their members. Unions: Time For Second Gear The trends are in the right direction but unions are still drinking small beer in the IT world and need to allocate more resources to communications generally, argues Noel Hester. Satire: Texan Governor Faces Execution The governor of Texas has been sentenced to death row after a jury found him guilty of killing hundreds of people. Review: The Insider Neale Towart looks at a literary anti-hero who brings the factional machinations and double-deals of the ALP machine out of the back rooms and into the light.
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