Issue No 101 | 06 July 2001 | |
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Action for the Redfern cvommunity a new social movement and an EMILY's List fundraiser are all on this week's agenda. Stop The Cuts & Cut The Crap Public Rally 12 noon, Thursday July 12th - Outside Redfern Centrelink - Cnr Redfern & George sts, Redfern (Opposite the post office) Centrelink has begun a process of slashing services at the Redfern office. Come join the Redfern community and tell them: Full community consultation with all affected people now. Re-open the Age Pension Office at Redfern, don't force older people to travel to Maroubra Re-open unemployment and Youth Allowance claims at Redfern closed in May 2001 Don't close the Family Assistance Office at Redfern forcing people to travel to Marrickville Don't force disabled people from across inner Sydney to travel to Redfern - there is NO DISABLED ACCESS at Redfern Station Reinstate the union activists, including the Aboriginal Liaison Officer, sacked on 25 May 2001 Speakers include: Combined Pensioners and Superannuants Association, CPSU, Federal Member for Sydney, State Member for Bligh Organised by StandUp! A community group of Social Security recipients and concerned citizens. Contact tel: 0407 58 22 00 mailto:[email protected] meetings: 2nd & 4th Wednesdays, 5pm South Sydney Leagues Club Rally supported by South Sydney Council ****************** NOW WE THE PEOPLE CONFERENCE Weekend of July 14-15, 2001 Newtown Theatre 354 King St, Newtown, Sydney (just down King St from Newtown Station) Over 400 participants are expected to take part in a major grassroots re-think about the direction Australian society has taken over the last 20 years under economic rationalism and corporate globalisation. The conference will adopt a declaration about an alternative path for a fairer, more equal Australia moving towards genuine environmental sustainability, regulating and restraining the rampant power of the global corporations. Australia has been one of the extreme cases of neo-liberal policy experiments in the world, and this conference aims for it to become a world model for a peaceful, inclusive and democratic society. Keynote Speakers are: Saturday July 14 10 AM - Bev Baker (NSW Parents & Citizens Fed), Kate Davison (National Union of Students), Quentin Dempster (journalist), Jenny Macklin MHR for Jaga Jaga, Sharan Burrow (ACTU President) Sunday July 15 10 AM - Graham Larcombe, (National Economics) 2 PM - Christine Milne (Australian Greens), Anthony Albanese MHR for Grayndler, Greg Barns, Chris Dodds (ACOSS), John Maitland (CFMEU), Pat Thompson (ATSIC), Senator Andrew Bartlett (Democrats) There will be 20 different workshops over the two days at which more detailed topics on privatisation, ecological sustainability, indigenous rights, education, multiculturalism, banking, the WTO and human rights, rural protest, a women's agenda, and a strategy for the labour movement will be discussed, and positive ideas generated. Workshops will be held in classrooms of Newtown High School for Performing Arts as well as Newtown Theatre. Saturday Nite Fundraiser for East Timor - FRETILIN With Good Buddha, Red Dog with Vicki Nic, and BaBaLu, $10, from 7.30 pm at Newtown Theatre For more information on the conference program, or to arrange for media access to the conference, contact Peter or Michele on (02) 9211 4164. Email: [email protected] Website: www.nowwethepeople.org ************* EMILY's List Invites you to Help Elect a Beazley Labor Government with Female M.P.s. EMILY's list is supporting a record number of 19 ALP NSW women candidates for the Federal election Cheryl Davenport - Co-convener EMILY's List Australia will present cheques to many of these great women. Special guest MC Noeline Brown Peking Duck & Seafood Banquet Plus great raffle prizes! Bring your partners and friends! Saturday 14th July, 2001 7:00PM for 7:30PM Banquet served at 8:00pm at Silver Spring Restaurant, Level 1, 477 Pitt Street, Haymarket (Entrance in Hay St, behind the Capitol Theatre) Cost: $70.00 includes drinks on arrival - concession available RSVP by 12th July to Melanie Stewart on (02) 92 RSVP by 12th July to Melanie Stewart on (02) 9230 2970 Please fill out the form below, and make out your cheque to EMILY's List NSW and mail to: Melanie Stewart c/- Jan Burnswoods MLC, Parliament House, Sydney, NSW 2000 or phone or fax your details to: Melanie Stewart, Phone: 9230 3043 Hiroshima Day One for the diary - Saturday, August 4 - assemble at the Archibald Fountain, Hyde Park north at 12 noon.
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Interview: A Little Knowledge Labor's science spokesman Martyn Evans was the Opposition's key player on the Knowledge Nation inquiry. He fills us in on the process. Education: Theory and Practise Whether or not you agree with the priorities for of Barry Jones� Knowledge Nation Taskforce, Julie Wells argues its boldness has to be admired. E-Change: 1.1 Email Nation In the first of a series of articles on politics and the new economy, Peter Lewis and Michael Gadiel argue network technologies are reshaping the fundamentals of society. Economics: Banking on the Goodwill Given their history, Evan Jones wonders whether banks can really claim to be "just like any other business" International: A Deathly Struggle In this dispatch from PNG, a trade union leader briefs us on the situation following the shooting of seven students at an anti-privatisation rally. History: Enlarging Human Personality Mark Hearn argues that Lloyd Ross's post-War approach to Workplace Democracy seems contemporary by today's standards Satire: Shit is a Four Letter Word Australian TV drama is lame and gutless just look at the ABC's Love is a Four Letter Word, says Tony Moore Review: Tribute to an Artist Dalgarno painted the seagulls circling the seafarer like flies buzzing around the face of a bushman. Thus did the artist depict the maritime worker.
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